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tutorialmanageron Granting Pardon for the Offense of Simple Possession of Marijuana

The amount of money spent for police and prison and the number of wasted human years (while in prison) is staggering. At the same time, I wish there was better data on the number of people who have permanent mental illness due to drug use. Is there much causation or just correlation?

tutorialmanageron Granting Pardon for the Offense of Simple Possession of Marijuana

There were probably many smuggling cases that pled down to simple possession for various reasons. And now pardoned.

tutorialmanageron Housing is at the root of many of the rich world’s problems (2020)

I think many people enjoy the short term benefits of renting (spend money instead of saving for down payment) and undervalue the long term benefits of owning (lower housing cost when retired).