Actually, I wasn't just talking about drug laws. In other news, prisons are releasing inmates and cops in SoCal aren't making certain arrests and cases are being pled out due to those offenses being given low priority. So regardless of what the law SAYS, the manner in which it's enforced, adjudicated and penalized is less than is technically required. You might say the effective minimums of our society are lower than the technical minimums.if we're talking about drugs, I don't believe policy changes have anything to
do with concern for the stigmatization of users so much as law enforcement
re-evaluating enforcement priorities and the voting public being squarely in
favor of more personal choice.
criminal justice reform laws that allow felons to vote and prevent employers
from asking if an applicant is a felon, on the other hand, could be counted as
a shift towards de-stigmatization.