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Albeit probably unpopular and I cant believe I am saying this, marijuana legalization at least for medicinal purposes should be legalized.  Then just commute sentences to misdemeanors of those in prison for possession. Why have I changed my mind on this so drastically is that my Doc has encouraged me to try it for the nerve pain as well as seizures.  I'm too chicken.  But some days I think about it.

posted by Inside_The_Purple_Purse on March 4, 2015 at 1:12 PM | link to this | reply

There are a lot of prisoners in the U.S.

posted by FormerStudentIntern on December 18, 2014 at 4:55 PM | link to this | reply

There's a simple . . . albeit unpopular . . . solution to this: legalize drugs, or at least marijuana! If they did that, and at least released those inmates in prison for selling and/or possessing marijuana, the prison population would drop by more than half in less than a year . . .

posted by JimmyA on December 18, 2014 at 12:38 PM | link to this | reply