Singer Tony Bennett is being second-guessed about remarks he made regarding the accidental death of another singer, Whitney Houston. I've got mixed feelings about the topic.
Our prisons are full of men and women whose lives have been ruined by the use of illegal drugs. They have turned to crime, murder, burglary and robbery to finance their habit, not to mention what the drugs do to their bodies and minds.
What if drugs of a known strength and quality were dispensed to such individuals BEFORE they committed these crimes? Would the result would be men and women who might possibly lead somewhat productive lives?
For one thing, if the quality of these drugs were consistent, and users were under a physician's treatment, perhaps we would not have these wrongful deaths. And you KNOW the crime rate would disappear.
Would the money we're spending now to imprison these people be better spent in putting people to work for non-government organizations and/or private enterprise? You know the answer.
I think it's worth a shot. One benefit to all this would be knowing who the drug users are. those who are currently semi-productive citizens would have to PAY their own way in the matter.
I know this is not the ideal but it's better than what we're doing now.
There's another side of me, however, that doesn't want "stoners" behind a steering wheel. Lord knows they could end up killing me or any of my loved ones while their mind is wandering while driving. Uh uh!
There's got to be a half way point somewhere. I believe that if drug trafficking was to be taken out from the underworld and into our control, we would fund our national debt.
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