Drug Laws Destroy Families

[papaw]

For the first time in history, the number of inmates in American prisons and jails has exceeded 2 million people, a rate of incarceration that is the highest in the world! This has happened despite the fact that violent crime has fallen to its lowest levels since 1974, when data was first collected nationally. Drug offenses account for nearly 60% of the federal prison population and more than 20% of the state inmate population.

Women should be held responsible for their own actions, not the actions of others. Current drug laws unfairly "widen the net."
> Women drug users should be treated as patients, not prisoners. Drug addiction is a disease, not a crime.
> Mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes should be repealed, and Congress must consider women and families when re-evaluating sentencing policy.
> Women serve double sentences once convicted of drug crimes: one in prison and one when they lose custody of their children under a federal law known as the Adoption & Safe Families Act.

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JUST SAY NO TO BUSH.

I think this is a very interesting point. But why should women be treated differently? Incarcerated fathers also destroy families. But the main point is that it is unconstitutional to mandate different sentencing guidelines based on gender. It violates equal protection. It would be like having different sentences based on race, religion, etc.