All the comments in this thread are focused on drugs but the bigger issue is that
maybe we should not have non-violent felonies ruin a person's whole life. When you do
the time after the crime and get released you are still being punished forever.
That's the real injustice! A non-violent felony should be forgiven or expunged after
a certain time.
We can send him messages. I have already. If he gets enough messages for something he might work to change it. Sure he's a wild card who keeps bad friends, but at least he's not a sell out.
Other than maybe serious white collar crime, because it can often lead to a bunch of suicides.
Though even then, once they've done their time (and hopefully received a lot of counselling, and not treated like an animal in prison) maybe the even they deserve to reintegrate into society.
Maybe human rights should be universal. My hot take haha