Growing Interest In Puerto Rico To Legalize Pot
Friday, June 20th, 2008
Puerto Rico is thinking of new change. The main concern for the legalization of marijuana is to free the prisons which is overflowing with Marijuana charges. About 24 percent of the island’s 13,500 inmates have been convicted on drug charges, and an estimated 80 percent of crimes are drug-related, according to the Department of Corrections.
“The fight against drugs, using punishment, has not worked,” said Jos Manuel Saldaa, former president of the University of Puerto Rico. “This is a social reality.” People should not go to jail for smoking pot, he said. Too many young adults become criminals in prison and also risk contracting hepatitis and AIDS while there, Saldaa and Vzquez said.
The states can learn a lot from Puerto rico, The drug war is just to costly with almost no result. The question remains: Are we winning the war on drugs? Read the full story Here with details!
