“Incarcerating people for their [drug] consumption choices has the consistency of arresting a survivor of suicide for attempted murder.”

—  Ilana Mercer

“Vices are not crimes,” http://www.wnd.com/2002/05/13828/ WorldNetDaily.com, May 8, 2002.
2000s

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