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Kyuubi4269 posted...

Yes, they do know who their dealer is.

They usually don't though. Most addicts get what they can from wherever. Also, their "dealer" is usually someone selling small amounts with little to no connection to dealers with any sort of power or quantity of product.

They may only be able to give a shitty description and location, but it doesn't matter as at minimum it puts pressure on dealers (without knowing they were ratted out),

Again, their "dealer" is likely some fucking nobody who buys and sells in small amounts to get by. Addicts would much rather stay quiet and deal with the justice system rather than risk pissing off dealers because dealers will respond with real violence.

Because they know possession won't get them too bad you have to pin distribution on them to pressure them to surrender the bigger fish.

The bigger fish swim away long before any of the street level dealers would ever be able to give out good info. And low level dealers are unlikely to try to sell out the "big fish" because they will respond with violence. I'm not sure you understand that actual drug dealers have little qualms about killing or maiming people who cross them to send a message. One of the cases being prosecuted in one of the courts I work for involves 3 people picking up a guy who stole $800 from a street distributor, tazing him, and beating him with a hammer. The only reason he got out alive is because he was able to kick the driver of their vehicle in the face during the struggle and cause them to wreck. Addicts do not want to fuck with these people.

The US already arrests everybody on BS charges, that's why the prisons are full in the first place

I can't imagine being this delusional. Drug possession is one of the only charges people get arrested for that could reasonably be called BS. Most arrests are reasonably made, triply so for arrests that have a realistic chance of prison time. My data analyst buddy would kill me for not remembering the exact stats, but an overwhelming majority of prison-worthy arrests involve an actual confession, with the exception of robbery. Prisons are full because we foolishly decide to let the worst society has to offer live out the rest of their lifespan instead of simply executing them.

If prison capacity was really an issue, decriminalisation would happen, not harder policing

Decriminalize what? Possession almost never puts people in prison. Possession barely keeps people in jails most of the time.

These drugs need to be legalized and sold at a specialty store, the amount of good that could be done if this happened is astronomical.
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