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@ISIDEWITHQuestionsCriminal Issues6yrs ago

Do you support mandatory minimum prison sentences for people charged with drug possession?

Mandatory minimum sentences are automatic, minimum prison terms set by Congress. Judges in the U.S. are required to base their sentences on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, mandatory minimum sentencing laws, or both. In 1986 the U.S. Congress passed the Anti-Drug Abuse Act which enacted new mandatory minimum sentences for drugs. People caught with 5 grams of crack cocaine were given jail sentences of 5 years without parole (the same sentence as people caught with 500 grams). The legislation was in response to the moral panic involving the crack cocaine epidemic of the 1980’s. In 201…  

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 @8LM77CM from New York  answered…4yrs4Y

Both people who have drug possession or are drug dealers or whatever still go to jail. But, Drug dealers should have a longer of a prison sentence than drug users.

 @8MPMCCNanswered…4yrs4Y

It should be longer

 @chneljm from New Hampshire  answered…3yrs3Y

It truly depends upon the drug, but regardless, prisons should focus more on the rehabilitation of drug users.

 @7J7L92W from California  answered…3yrs3Y

No, they should be put in a rehab program for a minimum amount of time

 @8CKYSF6 from Michigan  answered…5yrs5Y

Yes, for dealers. Those who have been caught using should be required by state to get clean and stay clean for 5 years. Other laws should be put in place for not following the protocol and/or relapsing after the 5 years

 @8N4XTQWanswered…4yrs4Y

I support it to an extent, but I also think that the law is sometimes too hard on them.

 @8KJZDQR from Washington  answered…4yrs4Y

No, but enforce addiction intervention and increase funding for addiction recovery programs.

 @8N8DYQT from Mississippi  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but it depends on the drug, and they should get little prison sentences based on their criminal record

 @8SDQWHZ from Minnesota  answered…4yrs4Y

I believe instead of putting people charged with drug posession in jail and then letting them out, programs should be in place in jail so that they can become clean and never have to go back, reducing overcrowding over time.

 @8WCBYGM from Texas  answered…3yrs3Y

both drug dealers and drug users should be arrested .

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