if the United States ban guns like so many people say we should, they'll all just go away right?

@Pretzel There would be plenty of space in existing prisons by releasing drug users.

@RosaMarie And more criminals back on the streets looking for ways to fund their drug habits? Pass.

@BrandNewMan treat it as the medical problem that it is.

@RosaMarie It stops being just a medical problem when they commit felonies to fund it.

@BrandNewMan I just went back and checked what i wrote. It wasn't let violent offenders back out. I said users. If someone stuck up a gas station, car jacked someone, broke into a house, they are no longer just a drug user.

@RosaMarie You didnt differentiate with non-violent offenders .. just said drug users ..

We have laws .. they need to be enforced .. they can be out when their sentence is served. I'm not a fan of letting people off who break the law. Major issue in our crime statistics is the lack of enforcement /punishment and it is emboldening more crime.

@RosaMarie you know you absolutely have something there. I live in Florida most drug offenses are felonies. some drugs should be illegal - fentanyl is too dangerous to be dispensed from a vending machine.

but to make drug users criminals makes no sense to me either - unless they are driving a vehicle - or performing surgery

@RosaMarie Listen to yourself.

You suggest they be released as if illegal drug use and trafficking are not real punishable offenses. Really? No .. I dont support blanket releases of drug users or dealers just becausevthey are classed as nonviolent.