If there’s one thing worse than incarcerating people for victimless crimes…
Posted in Uncategorized on February 15th, 2010 by Ginger – Be the first to comment…it’s probably locking them up in close proximity to people bent on saving them from themselves.
Our good friend at Grits For Breakfast has written an article that may be of interest to some readers. It’s about how a brilliant, innovative, judge in Hawaii has devised a policy that significantly outperforms common models in drug law enforcement. Here’s the link:
HOPE program pilots strong probation methods for addicts without mandatory drug treatment
Well who’d a thunk it! People succeed when you don’t subject them by force to the same ‘dangerous and experimental treatment methods’ that caused the Ervin Commission to withdraw Federal expansion money for The Seed. That’s like saying people are healthier who leave the extra added strychnine out of their wicked step monster’s secret family recipes. (with apologies to good step mom’s everywhere. It’s a tough role to play most of the time.)
- We miss ya, old man!
I learned that bit about the Ervin Report, among a great many other valuable things, from Wes. Fager. He actually went to the Library of Congress, in the Capital, ferreted out this 400 page document and bought copies of the relevant pages.
Wes has been present on my mind lately. He went on to bigger and better things a year and two days ago. A year ago today I think I was researching air fares and bus routes to Norfolk.
I wonder what he would have to say about this? I wonder how his family and friends are getting along without him. I wonder if the old boy got a big surprise at the nature of whatever is the after-life? And I wonder about that seagull who seemed to pay an elaborate salute during the honor guard about the time Taps started to play and who else may have noticed.
I miss that old dude!
