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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.

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