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I ran across a website today for a lawyer who handles, among other things, criminal cases that involve drugs. On his site he talks about people who use drugs recreationally ‘suddenly’ being arrested, jailed and treated like criminals ‘solely because of their recreational drug of choice.’ The truth is: people who use illegal drugs recreationally are not only breaking the law, they are ruining their own lives and taking millions of people down with them. What they need is drug detox and drug rehab, not a lawyer to get them off.

Nevertheless, he doesn’t mention the ruined lives connected with taking drugs. Instead he does go on to say how much pain, suffering and financial hardship is caused by the fact that these recreational drug users are arrested and jailed, and that “responsible Americans” who merely use drugs are not the source of America’s drug problem.

Sounds like he’s talking about people who smoke the occasional joint, don’t you think? Not heavy users who are desperately in need of drug detox or drug rehab.

He then goes on to give some details about three of his cases – it doesn’t specifically state they were his cases but, since he’s talking about himself, I would assume that to be true.

The charges in the cases were ‘conspiracy to distribute’, ‘possession with intent to deliver’ and ‘possession with intent to distribute.’ In each case, the drug was cocaine.

The amount of the drugs the defendants were allegedly in possession of was 4 pounds, 88 pounds, and 621 pounds – approximately.

How someone who has 621 pounds of cocaine can possibly be thought of as a ‘responsible American’ who could have been arrested, jailed and treated like a criminal ‘solely because of their recreational drug of choice’ is beyond me.

In all three cases, the defendants were found not guilty. Let’s hope they at least got into drug detox.

Drugs and criminality go hand in hand. Recreational drug use can easily turn into dependency and addiction, and the need to find ways to support the habit. If you’ve got a drug problem, do something about it now. Get into a drug detox program that can help you get off drugs. Don’t wait until you need a lawyer.

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