psdf
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I'm a long time fan of COPS and I can't help but wonder how show after show, season after season there is a fairly persistent routine every single department does. I'm of course talking about busting low level drug users and junkies.
God knows how many percentages of busts on this show are about person x being pulled over for looking suspicious and ending up in jail for having dope or how person y is lured into selling some to undercover cops. This goes on year after year and nobody gets any wiser. I'm fairly certain this kind of activity also happens in my home country (Finland) though certainly not in such high numbers. Stupid ass people getting busted for fairly harmless crimes of smoking pot or doing coke.
Why do the police even bother? Shouldn't we just legalize drugs and reap the profits? Prohibition (both in the USA and in Finland) showed that banning alcohol led to violence, the mob and other bullshit nobody likes. What do you guys think, what would be the positive and negative effects of legalizing drugs?
God knows how many percentages of busts on this show are about person x being pulled over for looking suspicious and ending up in jail for having dope or how person y is lured into selling some to undercover cops. This goes on year after year and nobody gets any wiser. I'm fairly certain this kind of activity also happens in my home country (Finland) though certainly not in such high numbers. Stupid ass people getting busted for fairly harmless crimes of smoking pot or doing coke.
Why do the police even bother? Shouldn't we just legalize drugs and reap the profits? Prohibition (both in the USA and in Finland) showed that banning alcohol led to violence, the mob and other bullshit nobody likes. What do you guys think, what would be the positive and negative effects of legalizing drugs?