tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post451490615623106852..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Madden touts new report on alternatives to Texas' overincarceration crisisGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-51588429779237225532007-10-27T14:52:00.000-05:002007-10-27T14:52:00.000-05:00It's hard to believe that we think we need a bunch...It's hard to believe that we think we need a bunch of expensive committees to tell us what's wrong.<BR/><BR/>I'll tell you for free.<BR/><BR/>It's caused by the dreadfully ill-conceived War on Drugs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-91977298756681241502007-10-27T14:48:00.000-05:002007-10-27T14:48:00.000-05:00Why all the denial and running around and around t...Why all the denial and running around and around the truth and never acknowledging it?<BR/><BR/>It's the War on Drugs that's caused all this. <BR/><BR/>It's obvious in every chart concerning incarceration since the sixties.<BR/><BR/>When you make consuming something that enough people choose to consume illegal...this is what happens. And it will keep happening and keep getting worse and worse until someone has the good sense to correct it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-87740085368022950022007-10-25T21:09:00.000-05:002007-10-25T21:09:00.000-05:00If you don't criminalize everything, you won't hav...If you don't criminalize everything, you won't have recidivism. It is not that complicated. If you provide people opportunities for proven rehabilitation (not boot camps as in newer posts), while they have an opportunity to maintain their livelihoods you will have less recidivism. it is not that complicated...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com