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LEGALIZING CRIME PART FOUR

In all societies, crime is a growth industry. Millions of
professionals derive their livelihood, parasitically, from
crime. They often perpetuate models of punishment and
retribution that lead to recidivism rather than to the
reintegration of criminals in society and their rehabilitation.

Organized in vocal interest groups and lobbies, they harp
on the insecurities and phobias of the alienated urbanites.
They consume ever growing budgets and rejoice with
every new behaviour criminalized by exasperated
lawmakers. In the majority of countries, the justice system
is a dismal failure and law enforcement agencies are part
of the problem, not its solution. The sad truth is that many
types of crime are considered by people to be acceptable
behaviours.

But the quintessential example of over-criminalization is
drug abuse. There is scant medical evidence that soft
drugs such as cannabis or MDMA ("Ecstasy")have an
irreversible effect on brain chemistry or functioning. Jon
Cole, an addiction researcher at Liverpool University
claimed that: "Experimental evidence suggesting a link
between Ecstasy use and problems such as nerve
damage and brain impairment is flawed.. using this
ill-substantiated cause-and-effect to tell the 'chemical
generation' that they are brain damaged when they are
not creates public health problems of its own."

!5 years Courtroom Experience And Over 400 Hundred Cases Dismissed Places Houston Criminal Defense Attorney Andy Nolen Amongst the Best Criminal Lawyers in Houston and Harris County, Texas.

Legalizing Crime Part 3