tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post1911669052620180507..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Houston judges from both parties say reduce drug possession penaltiesGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-23394127803289038272009-01-17T22:20:00.000-06:002009-01-17T22:20:00.000-06:00Please e-mail your representatives and encourage t...Please e-mail your representatives and encourage them to support this bill. It is about time that there are some positive changes to deal with the real issues that affect not only our tax dollars but to treat an abuser of drugs or alcohol as more than a criminal.<BR/><BR/>Addiction is something that must be treated - incarceration does not treat the illness.<BR/><BR/>Please, please help get this bill passed by encouraging our representatives to endorse it!!<BR/><BR/>Kudos for Judge McSpadden for hanging in there and fighting for such an important issue!!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17942496636532222467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-60999720208567418572009-01-17T10:53:00.000-06:002009-01-17T10:53:00.000-06:00This is a wonderful website!!!I think that this ia...This is a wonderful website!!!<BR/>I think that this ia a great idea for all of the youngster who have not found themselves. I know that drugs are not legal, however it is, and still is many people in office that smoke weed. Many of them use cocaine. <BR/>It is a disgrace that some counties in Texas won't even arrest simple cases as these. Harris County is not one of them.<BR/>Many cops have many evil ways and go out of their way to make as many Blacks,Mexicans,Indians, and vietamise suffer. This also go for other cops that are other races as well. Look at of the Tax Payers money that is wated on gas to transport thesenpeople to jail. Look at all of the money that is wasted by the court system.<BR/>You have to have Medical Insurance <BR/>for a good drug treatment program.<BR/>Some programs you have a long waiting list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-32969656513279629992009-01-17T09:08:00.000-06:002009-01-17T09:08:00.000-06:00I agree that possession of any amount should be a ...I agree that possession of any amount should be a misdemeanor, unless evidence of intent to distribute is found. It is riduculous that so many human and monetary recourses are spent in the war on drugs. Kudos to those judges for trying to improve the problem.Kelly O'Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559625326079025311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-67290689568552103792009-01-17T08:53:00.000-06:002009-01-17T08:53:00.000-06:00Why just for a "residue amount"? I mean, obviously...Why just for a "residue amount"? I mean, obviously, the person used the drug and that's why there is only a small amount left (residue). I understand that perhaps they think that anything more than a gram might mean selling, but that is untrue--people can use very large amounts of a drug for themselves only, with tolerance buidlup and whatnot. Why not just make possesion a misdemeanor, period unless there are clear indications of selling (i.e., 20 bricks of heroin, packaging equipment such as scales and bags, etc). Why does someone who happens to have already used most of the drug before being caught with it deserve to have their life unruffled by a felony, while someone who gets caught a few minutes earlier does not?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-87230170708666276782009-01-16T18:41:00.000-06:002009-01-16T18:41:00.000-06:00Do any of these judges use "jail therapy" for thei...Do any of these judges use "jail therapy" for their probationers who cant get a job, or can't pay their fines?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com