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>>RBBron+(OP)
I wish we heard more stories like these. It might dissuade people from getting involved in drugs in the first place.

>>adnam+Kb
No, it probably will not dissuade people all that effectively. That logic is part of the problem.

>>fhood+gd
Well if nothing can be done to dissuade people from criminality we might as well not bother having a criminal justice system and put up with it.

>>adnam+Vd
I forget the technical term for the bullshit argument you're throwing out - "if we can't have X, then clearly you support the polar opposite of X!"

Moving on, the actual reasonable conclusion here is to be smarter about what we deem a criminal act or not.

Why is getting caught smoking a joint something that can ruin your career for a decade, while drinking a beer on the sidewalk is a wrist-slap?