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>>RBBron+(OP)
>Attitudes are changing quickly

Are they now? Tell me, which political party is planning on decriminalizing drug offenses?

>>Daniha+cJ
Unnecessarily bitchy defeatism aside, the answer to your question is the Democratic Party[1].

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/08/01/cory-...

>>__jal+NM
It's neither, just correcting misconceptions. It's tiring to constantly hear people saying we're "making progress" while we continue to perpetuate the same policy problems that have obviously caused issues for decades and decades.

Correct me if I'm wrong but the bill you mentioned only seems to deal with marijuana, which I don't think is how most people get drug felonies.

>>Daniha+ZO
It may not be most, but according to statistics[1] from 2015, marijuana accounted for 24% of the drug case sentences. Reducing or eliminating these would be a major step in the right direction and would in my book count as "making progress".

1 - https://www.ussc.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/research-and-pu... (top of page 9)

>>Mtinie+nQ
Another tepid form of progress is fewer "mandatory minimum" sentences, on page 8. That's nice to see at least, thank you for the PDF.