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...Hang on just a second, you may be saying. What law-enforcement fantasyland is this guy living in? In this country, we send our users to jail and throw away...
...Celebrity buys treatment, not jail time...
...Despite a laundry list of drug arrests, this would be only Downey's second trip to jail - just last August he was granted early release after a judge sentenced him to a year for probation violations. Since 1996, Downey's been arrested numerous times on drug-related charges, and has gone through countless drug treatment programs. None of it helped curb his self-destructive tendencies. "It's like I have a loaded gun in my mouth and my finger's on the trigger," Downey told a judge in 1999. "And I like the taste of the gunmetal...
...While politicians don't appear to be ready to abandon punitive drug laws, voters in some states are taking matters into their own hands. Arizona, which implemented Proposition 200 in 1996, has a "three strikes" rule of its own that seeks to rehabilitate and offender before jail time is imposed. On their first arrest for possession, drug users are sent to drug treatment and given probation. On their second arrest, users without violent past convictions get another round of treatment, and a maximum 12 months in jail. Only on their third arrest do users face time in state prison...
...With no threat of jail time, will users find impetus to stay clean...