BIDEN MISSES THE BIG PICTURE ON DRUG CLEMENCY
By: Derek Varsalona
President Biden is close but will get no cigar from me on drug clemency. I think the reason he is doing this is to protect Hunter Biden who is a drug addict. However, President Biden is addressing the problem by ignoring the bigger picture. President Biden should ask the DEA and Congress to make a bill that legalizes all drugs within our nation.
By legalizing all drugs we address the problem. We need the failed war on drugs that has plagued our country since the Reagan Administration. Legalizing all drugs would allow addicts to come out of the shadows and get the help they need on their long road to recovery. The fact that drug addicts do not come out for recovery is because they are afraid of being handed over to the authorities. Legalizing all drugs would get people out of the shadows and into treatment.
But n to legalizing drugs people are thrown back into the shadows. They are afraid to go get treatment since they are afraid they will be handed over to the authorities.
Commenting on the sentence is fine. However, the only reason President Biden is doing this is to grow the voter base of the Democratic Party. He is doing this without addressing the problem of the drug addict. The drug addict needs help. Sometimes drug addicts are afraid to get help since they fear being handed over to the authorities. If we legalize all drugs we reduce that fear in society. People come out of the shadows to acquire the help they need.
Sentence commutations are fine. But what really is going on is people are being thrown into the streets without any help. Without any help, people will recommit those same substance abuses that made them go to jail in the first place. Sure you can throw all the money at the drug treatment with federal funds. But that is still not going to solve the addiction problem. The better way to solve the addiction problem is to let all drugs be legalized so people come out of the shadows of addiction and acquire the help they need. As always comments accepted.
Source: President Joseph R. Biden. " Fact Sheet: President Biden Announces Clemency for Nearly 1,500 Americans." WhiteHouse.gov Washington, DC: Thursday, December 12, 2024.
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https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/12/12/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-clemency-for-nearly-1500-americans/
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