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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@hbellows233yrs3Y
it all depends on the situation and what drugs are involved.
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@8CKYSF65yrs5Y
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
@8DCZRJW5yrs5Y
I think drugs like marijuana should not result in jail time. Maybe more harmful drugs like meth and heroine should result in jail time/rehab. If you are supplying harmful drugs like heroine you should be put in jail because they are highly addictive and it could result in deaths.
@8N4XTQW4yrs4Y
I support it to an extent, but I also think that the law is sometimes too hard on them.
@8G2HY5D5yrs5Y
Yes, for drug users and dealers
@8KJZDQR4yrs4Y
No, but enforce addiction intervention and increase funding for addiction recovery programs.
@8LMR5LT4yrs4Y
Depends, drug dealers should get a longer sentence with the more serious drug users
@8NV6VWN4yrs4Y
yes, for both drug dealer and drug consumers
@8SDQWHZ4yrs4Y
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.
@8WCBYGM3yrs3Y
both drug dealers and drug users should be arrested .
@8WP34GW3yrs3Y
No, only if it's a lot of drugs
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