Pardon me, but isn't that due just as much to the substance being made illegal, rather than due to the substance itself? During prohibition, we got organized crime gangs and families. Now we have organized crime over illegal drugs. The recreational use of pot by one user can hardly be said to contribute to deaths due to drug violence, just as a flapper drinking bathtub gin in a speakeasy some 90 years ago could hardly have been directly responsible for organized crime killings. This is ridiculous. Make the violent offenders pay for their violence, sure, but what message on earth does it send to crack down on CD for being late on a pot charge? When we treat a recreational user with the same sense of vengeance that we'd treat a murderer, there is no meaning left to the law. It's no wonder people have no respect for cannabis laws, when we treat recreational users the same way we'd treat a rapist or murderer. :waitasec:
I think judges and prosecutors like to "crack down" in cases like this because it lets them make a show of being "tough on crime". Meanwhile, the guy with kiddie *advertiser censored* sits at home in Momma's house, and Hailey still isn't with her family. What a sideshow.
With that, I'm done with this. Until there is more news on the case, it's not worth following. In the silence, people are looking for something to latch onto, and now it's time for CD to be the target because of pot use, and made to be responsible for the drug violence at the border? No thanks, I'll wait for real news about the real criminals.