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yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)

2. Political expediency.

Reply to Travis_0004 (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 4, 2016, 07:40 PM

Sep 2016

Rehab and treatment are expensive, too - and sketchy.

We as a country have never figured out how to elect the opposite of "The Law and Order Candidate."

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This Is What It Will Take to End Mass Incarceration [View all] yallerdawg Sep 2016 OP

I see it as a reaction to the high rates of overdoses in the county Travis_0004 Sep 2016 #1

Political expediency. yallerdawg Sep 2016 #2

The story the metastory in the OP refers to had a few problems. Igel Sep 2016 #3

You need to revisit the story. yallerdawg Sep 2016 #4

Where the hell is Durham NC? Travis_0004 Sep 2016 #5

I used to go see the Grateful Dead in Indiana. They love putting people in prison for things like Warren DeMontague Sep 2016 #7

Brock Turner gets out in 3 months. Some states put grannies in prison for growing pot for 10+ YEARS. Warren DeMontague Sep 2016 #6