science > feelings "I now explain why using force against people who wish to use intoxicants inevitably harms them, harms the general public, and harms the legal system. " https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1837&context=facpub …
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Replying to @netfire4 @JayNDonde and
"“Decriminalizing drugs is even more urgent now than in 1972, but we must recognize that the harm done in the interim cannot be wiped out... Postponing decriminalization will only make matters worse, and make the problem appear even more intractable.” --Milton Friedman, 1989
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Replying to @netfire4 @citizenj17 and
Randy Barnett, Milton Friedman— also not scientists or a sociologists. Do you even read this stuff before you post it?
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Replying to @JayNDonde @citizenj17 and
Paul Retweeted Julian Buchanan PhD
The science is clear and consistent, as are our doctors and economists, when they explain that Prohibition is causing the destruction on our streets. Here is a systematic review of sociology on why we should
#EndTheWarOnDrugs to make our society safer.https://twitter.com/julianbuchanan/status/1407510229764370434 …Paul added,
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Replying to @netfire4 @citizenj17 and
Congrats, after many attempts, first citing a politician, then a con law professor, then a macroeconomist, you’ve found one paper in a bottom-tier journal to retroactively support your earlier disinformation. Well done.
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Paul Retweeted Samuel Sinyangwe
Analysis is consistent, our
#PoliceState violence makes us less safe.#DefundThePolice and#EndTheDrugWar to bring peace and safety to our streets.https://twitter.com/samswey/status/1419664134191284227 …Paul added,
Samuel SinyangweVerified account @samsweyI analyzed data on fatal and non-fatal police shootings in America’s largest cities. Cities that reduced arrests for low level offenses reduced police shootings - and did not see crime increase relative to other cities. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/police-arresting-fewer-people-for-minor-offenses-can-help-reduce-police-shootings/ …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @netfire4 @citizenj17 and
Yes, you’ve linked to this guy before. He is an activist, and no matter how much he calls himself a “data scientist” he has no formal training or experience in statistical analysis or CJ. I’ll take my science from peer reviewed literature and hands-on experts, not Vox, thank you.
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Replying to @JayNDonde @citizenj17 and
Paul Retweeted Alec Karakatsanis
But there is virtually no scientific support for tough on crime policies, because it has always been a especially stupid and obviously counter productive, socially destructive, dangerously violent policy.
#DefundThePolice, and#EndTheWarOnDrugs.https://twitter.com/equalityAlec/status/1394697951868604416 …Paul added,
Alec KarakatsanisVerified account @equalityAlecReplying to @equalityAlec @SusanDReynolds and 6 othersThere is a virtual scientific consensus that increasing incarceration has nothing to do with safety. When you make comments like this, you only get more resources for cops, and more violence in poor communities and communities of color. I hope you'll learn more.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @netfire4 @citizenj17 and
“But there is virtually no scientific support for tough on crime policies.” This sentence is probably the single best indicator that you have not read the literature, and simply don’t know what you’re talking about. Go do your research and then let’s talk.
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Replying to @JayNDonde @netfire4 and
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-prisons-make-us-safer/ … The study found that sentencing someone to prison had no effect on their chances of being convicted of a violent crime within five years of being released from prison.
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Now do a study on the effect sentencing someone to prison has on their chances of being convicted of a violent crime while still in prison. Still no effect, or nah?
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