Politics How Jeff Sessions wants to bring back the war on drugs

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  1. SlyPokerDog

    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    The politics of failure have failed. We need to make them work again.
     
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    what administration hasnt been tough on drugs? Weed to be exact. I personally believe it should be legal everywhere. The problem is the government tries to control everybody's lives.
     
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    Make America great again. LSD was legal till 1968. Still kills nobody, year after year.
     
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    Just shows why experienced LSD samplers should be allowed to give advice.

    Rules he didn't find on the internet:
    1) Take it with a friend who either has taken it before, or who doesn't take it this time.
    2) Stay inside. This is an intellectual trip within your mind, not an outdoor adventure.

    Observations:
    1) It wasn't the drug which killed him, chemically. It was the lack of knowledge among the inexperienced, due to communication to the experienced cut off by fear of the evil legal system.
    2) Even if it had been the drug's fault, this still would not justify imprisoning 25 million Americans over what 100 million want to do.
     
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    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    Fuck Jeff Sessions.

    Elections matter.
     
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    And on science! Announced ending funding for program to improve forensic science. Because Trump knows your instinct is better than any so called facts. Fake facts!
     
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    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown...artment-will-end-forensic-science-commission/

    The department will instead appoint an in-house adviser and create an internal committee to study improvements to forensic analysis, Sessions said.

    Their tasks will include a broad look at the personnel and equipment needs of overburdened crime labs.

    “As we decide how to move forward, we bear in mind that the department is just one piece of the larger criminal justice system,” said Sessions in a statement, adding that most forensic science is done by state and local laboratories and used by local prosecutors.

    The Obama administration formed the commission in 2013 to address wide-ranging concerns about problematic forensic techniques.

    The Justice Department also is reconsidering an effort launched last year to review forensic sciences practiced by the FBI. That review sought to determine whether other scientific disciplines have been tainted by flawed testimony, a problem that surfaced in 2015 when the Justice Department revealed that experts had overstated the strength of their evidence in many older cases dating back decades involving microscopic hair analysis.

    The disbanding of the commission was yet another way in which Sessions is shifting away from his Obama-era predecessors, who pushed for changes in forensic science and tried to establish federal standards. Last year, for example, acting on the commission’s recommendations, the Justice Department announced a new code of professional responsibility for its forensic science laboratories and also cautioned its examiners and prosecutors to use restraint in discussing the strength of their findings, among other standards.

    Sessions, who frequently articulates a tough-on-crime agenda, called the availability of accurate forensic analysis “critical to integrity in law enforcement, reducing violent crime and increasing public safety.” He said the Justice Department would seek public comment on how to improve crime labs and “strengthen the foundations of forensic science.”
     
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    Ha! I was going to ask you, how do you get a reward for making a silly post like this?
    Then I saw, riverman like it.
     
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    you can't suck the joy out of a riverman "like"!!!!!
     
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    I can try.
    Hey, I started The voyage of the Snark last night. Had to whip through the Big Agenda first but got to the Snark.
     
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    It's an awesome piece of writing!
     
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    You leave it up to us to imagine why you think it's silly, so I'll guess: Because you disagree just for the sake of disagreeing, like your party.
     
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    stampedehero Make Your Day, a Doobies Day Staff Member Moderator

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    Unfortunately they always did and always will.
     
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    Bring back? I guess I didn't realize the drug war took a vacation. Maybe all those medical dispensary raids during the Obama administration threw me off.
     
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    Because talking of Trump knowing your instincts is without merit. I might even say, your just pulling this out your ass, but I chose just to say, silly.
     

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