<story><title>Justin Amash Introduces Bill to End Civil Asset Forfeiture Nationwide</title><url>https://reason.com/2020/12/17/justin-amash-introduces-bill-to-end-civil-asset-forfeiture-nationwide/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>standardUser</author><text>While I&amp;#x27;m glad to see growing support for rolling back some of the most obviously horrific excesses of the War on Drugs, we still have a generation or two of Americans who eagerly support simply destroying the lives of people involved with drugs they&amp;#x27;ve been trained to be afraid of. I mean, it&amp;#x27;s great so many people are finally willing to stop obliterating the lives of strangers who like to smoke weed instead of get drunk, but why do they still think it&amp;#x27;s OK to ruin the life of some twenty-something selling cocaine to his friends?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>wcarron</author><text>I was with you until the end. You lost me at &amp;#x27;selling cocaine to his friends&amp;#x27;&lt;p&gt;I personally support legalizing and&amp;#x2F;or decriminalizing a significant array of drugs; but I do not think we should ever accept the distribution of drugs by non-regulated entities. Possession&amp;#x2F;consumption, fine. Distribution: Not fine. Drugs sold on the street are not tested for purity or manufacturing standards. There is no accountability, no regulated employee rights, no taxes levied, etc. Selling drugs should remain a felony.&lt;p&gt;Personally, I think the gov&amp;#x27;t should grant licenses for the manufacture and distribution of these substances with rigorous controls, and adult citizens should be legally allowed to purchase an amount that is fit for personal consumption, on a schedule that would make it exceedingly difficult to resell&amp;#x2F;stash (e.g. You may purchase 1-2gs of cocaine or 2 tabs of acid every 6 months)&lt;p&gt;Obviously, we have seen problems with this, as this scheme is essentially just prescription drugs combined with Canada&amp;#x27;s &amp;#x27;beer stores&amp;#x27;.</text></comment>
<story><title>Justin Amash Introduces Bill to End Civil Asset Forfeiture Nationwide</title><url>https://reason.com/2020/12/17/justin-amash-introduces-bill-to-end-civil-asset-forfeiture-nationwide/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>standardUser</author><text>While I&amp;#x27;m glad to see growing support for rolling back some of the most obviously horrific excesses of the War on Drugs, we still have a generation or two of Americans who eagerly support simply destroying the lives of people involved with drugs they&amp;#x27;ve been trained to be afraid of. I mean, it&amp;#x27;s great so many people are finally willing to stop obliterating the lives of strangers who like to smoke weed instead of get drunk, but why do they still think it&amp;#x27;s OK to ruin the life of some twenty-something selling cocaine to his friends?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tobylane</author><text>Hold on, that ending was a surprise. Rolling back most of the war on drugs and focusing it just on the sellers of class a drugs (once classification is corrected) is a fair summary of what most of the rest of the first world is heading towards. It’s the balanced option.</text></comment>