Drug possession is a victimless crime, drug use as well only harms the individual physically and doesn't cause any harm to others or to their property. The drug use might fuel certain behavior in the user, that later influences their behavior to either infringe on others property or not, but the drug use itself or possession of drugs is essentially victimless.
Infringing violence upon people for their drug use or possession then is nothing short of tyranny because it is inflicting violence upon peaceful people.
We have seen police officers themselves turn to smuggle cannabis oil to help their children suffering from epilepsy, former officers now working for and investing in the cannabis industry, people who used to ruin lives over drugs are now seeking to profit from them.
In Japan, a 23 year old police officer was just recently arrested for simple possession of cannabis that he claimed was for his own personal use.
Cannabis is still illegal in Japan and state officials have even asked that Japanese nationals who are living abroad or traveling to areas like Colorado or Canada, that they refrain from consuming cannabis even though it might be legal there.
For anyone who is caught growing or importing cannabis etc into Japan, they could face up to 7 years in prison, and if they had been looking to profit it could be almost 10 years behind bars.
It costs taxpayers thousands of dollars every year to keep someone behind bars, should that money be going toward caging peaceful individuals who never harmed anyone else or their property? No, it shouldn't. Let's reserve that space for individuals who actually pose a threat to the community.
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