Why do people who sell drugs get more time than people who commit murder or other serious crimes when the people doing drugs do them voluntarily?
204784
I've asked this same question ... makes no sense to me.  "Some" child molestors, people convicted for homicide, murder, rape ... get less time than than drug dealers.  I beleive the governement is pissed because they lose "tax" money on the drug industry so they will at least squander and pilfer the money from the dealers through prison time.
563738
no. You are causing more problems by selling drugs, and the people you sell them to, will need your charity too. You need to do something healthy, cure a problem rather than cause one.
158545
In a small town, a large-scale drug dealer is easier for the police to track down. Plus, without any Internal Affairs branch in so small a town, it's easier for cops to "bend the rules" to make users narc on their dealer. So, individual users have to travel to larger cities to make buys. Sure maybe one person deals to two or three friends, but 99% of the traffic is in the city. And, as has already been mentioned, small towns feel themselves to be above painful reminders that drugs exist, so while there's a comparable number of users per capita, there's less reminder about such things in small towns.
513198
It's easy to start, hard to stop, and some people think its cool so they do it to try and impress them to be cool too. So, its generally peer pressure that starts it and then that person finds out the benefits and ignores the long term damages, and keeps doing alcohol or drugs or whichever, until they are so addicted its almost impossible to stop before they die. Thats why when they go through a serious condition (heart attack) and are hospitilized, then told they have to stop its much more likely that they will rather than stopping on their own.
214315
I actually can´t give you a why NOT , If a person is brave enough to commit ADULT like crimes then they should be tried like adult criminals making exemptions will only make them think they can do whatever they want and keep on with a bad behavior and become worse , like here teens under 16 can not go to jail indeed they do whatever they please. a young criminal (26) said he would have prefered to have a severe punishment earlier so he would have learned his lesson now he can be proud of having a large criminal history from drugs to murder.
443790
Drug treatment centers are a joke.  Most dopers use these as a network to score more dope.  Once a doper, always a doper.
599022
I'm agianst telling about users!  MOSTLY they are only harming themselves, and if they are overcoming their addiction the stigma is only harmful.\n\nDealers and manufacturers, on the other hand are scum!  The chemicals emitted in the production of Meth are not only explosive, they are also extreemly hazardus to human health.  And by producing or pushing this poison in neighborhoods, they are destroying families!!
530325
There is actually a higher percentage of the black population in prison than the white population.  HOWEVER, it is believed that law enforcement agencies profile criminals, which means that they decide what types of people are more likely to commit crimes.  These profiles may be based on the people who were caught committing crimes in the past.  Black people were caught committing more crimes in the past because they were openly hated and discriminated against by those people in power (or the whites).  \n\nI would say that race has nothing to do with whether or not a person is going to commit crime.  A person's values and whether or not they have other opportunities to make money is going to have more influence.
364028
I think it's unbelievable! Why on earth should we be providing drugs to convicted criminals. It's pathetic but the government are so damn scared about upsetting anyone as usual that they cave in and just let people get away with it! Drugs are illegal, simple as, many people are in jail because of drugs so why on earth are we giving them away? I hate this and am 100% appalled by it. I'm only 16 as well so I'm not even allowed to vote for these so called rulers of our country
180301
well dui are concidered drug related crimes ,  um sale possion and traficaging of illegal drugs is a crim ,  um  when u under the influence of a drug and u comet a crim that is also concedered a drug realeted crime
526503
some people feel they can have more fun when using drugs. i used to do them and it was a lot of fun. but it was a growing up thing. and i know now that i like my life better drug free. some people learn and some people don't.
8782
Please note that dealing involves possibility of getting shot, possibility of getting arrested, possibility of getting hooked, possibility of some drugged up, freaked out addict deciding you're the anti-christ.\n\nNote also that the reason that dealers make so much money is because drugs ARE illegal.  It's the basic law of supply and demand.  Illegality keeps the supply low, while demand stays the same = dealers making good money.  If they made drugs legal, your basic streetcorner vendor's salary would probably go down quite a bit.
270460
Having worked in a half-way house for ex-offenders, I learned that long sentences don't always discourage illegal behavior.  Especially in drug dealing.  Many of them consider it just a "cost of doing business."  Also, the "King Pins" quiet often use young children to do the dirty work while I DON'T justify dealers, just the opposite, many times the authorities will make a plea agreement with the lower echelons to get further up the ladder.  The real solution is EDUCATING the public so as to eliminate the demand for the drugs in the first place.  How many questions come through here seeking ways to obtain, use or get out from under charges of drug use?  As long as people are unwilling to face life, as is, then there will be dealers and "King Pins."  There are always predators seeking to take advantage of the weak.
283767
because there are too many things going through thier head at once.  Drugs make you stop thinking, escape problems, but they are always waiting when you return so you have to do more.
80404
Percentagewise, they're probably just as bad or good as any other sample of the population. Some are in the business for the "fun" (for lack of a censoring-free word) and are consciously aware of how they are, while others are in it either to make ends meet or because they're drug addicts who got used to that other thing they started doing.\n\nI don't patronize 'em, though. No sense catching diseases or getting thrown in jail by an undercover cop.
657330
Some people do cocaine to keep them going, it wakes them up so they think and they can get a lot done on the go...I guess.
201541
Most prostitution is not drug related, true some drug addicts begin selling themselves to pay for their drug habits. Most prostitution comes from a man meeting a woman who has low self esteem and dating her for a very short minute and then moving her into prostitution. Pimps are more profitable when they are deep in ho's meaning when they have many prostitutes in their stable. These women just cant run, although they like to think that they can, the pimp "sweats" them meaning he drives around the block, has his people watching his prostitute, when the prostitute "breaks" or gets a john he watches her close, when the john leaves the pimp tells the woman to break herself, meaning to give him the money she just made, then she goes back out on the track meaning a predesignated, usually by the pimp, area and she walks up and down the street solicting herself. Most movies you see the prostitutes standing around on a street corner. This is not how prostitution works, they have to walk the track and keep walking they stop when they have a john. If you legalize prostitution you may get rid of the pimps sweating their ho's and many of the prostitutes would be able to run, but to legalize would be to only allow prostitution in specific buildings, peace officers would have to be present at all times and the sex acts themselves would have to be recorded, this would be to ensure that prostitutes dont get raped, because yes they do get raped.