Quote Originally Posted by Ronin13 View Post
Netherlands? That's what they did and instead of treating addiction like a crime, they treat it like, well... addiction. Money that would have gone to prosecuting, jailing, and "rehabilitating" you, now goes to treatment- if you desire it, or court mandated if you become a danger to yourself and/or others.
Perfect. I remember hearing about this as it applied to addiction specifically and remember reading nothing but good things about it. It had strong opposition to begin with but the results spoke for themselves after a short period.

As for LE needing to find other work, you heard it from others... accidental death and violent crime spikes so LE will actually get to use their expensive toys for real criminals and then, as the older LEOs retire we just don't replace them for span of a decade or so until the #'s necessary to control ACTUAL crime are reached. The longer we wait to do such a thing the higher this initial spike will be though. We need to do this NOW IMO.