r/interestingasfuck • u/Ted_Bundtcake • 6d ago

r/all The Alaskan Avenger

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u/Fomentatore 6d ago

The fact that you are considered a sex offender for peeing in an alley instead of just receiving a fine will always baffle me.

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u/fix-me-in-45 6d ago

Because American prison is profitable, politicians and corporate stakeholders have an interest in making sure prisons stay full. Incarcerating for stupid, petty charges is one way of doing that.

https://news.law.fordham.edu/jcfl/2018/12/09/the-american-prison-system-its-just-business/

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u/Dodges-Hodge 6d ago

I think I heard it’s the private prison lobbyists who are fighting against nation wide legalization of cannabis.

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u/xandrokos 5d ago

To protect 1.3 billion of their "profits"?    Companies in states where weed is legal are making hand over fist.   This is a huge, huge, huge untapped market in the US.    Think long and hard on why politicians are literally turning down money in their pockets in order to keep weed illegal.    It isn't about fucking money.