Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking. Login or Take a Tour!
b_b · 4279 days ago · link · · parent · post: Mark Kleiman on why we need to solve our alcohol problem to solve our crime problem
Part of the problem is sentence activism from judges. They give these assholes so much autonomy that it becomes a crapshoot. For example one of my best friends had mandatory drug and alcohol tests for 18 months for having one gram of pot on him when he was a passenger in a car that got searched. Meanwhile if you draw a different judge or are a few miles down the road in the next county, you might get off scot free. It's a terrible system, partly due to the fact that we have a moderately liberal majority and an arch conservative minority. But all that said, I don't think it should keep you from visiting if you get a chance. The shore of lake Michigan is one if the most beautiful places in the country.