The Corporate American Prison System. We are not free.

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Originally Posted by Kaneman

That's all changing my friend, the U.S. has been putting heavy pressure on Canada to begin using mandatory minimums in regard to marijuana laws. Stiffer fines and jail/prison times are on the way for you guys as well.

And, as I've commented in other threads, our Conservative government is only happy to oblige them. This is where I diverge, significantly, from the 'social' conservatives. I believe that you don't do something, for no more than ideological reasons, that runs counter to the professed dictates of your political stance. We don't spend a whole lot on prisons because we DON'T HAVE TO spend a whole lot on prisons. Changing things, in a way that alters that by making hardened criminals out of those who otherwise would not be, is (to coin a phrase) FUCKING IDIOTIC!