Mine:

Single payer health insurance for all
Strong military, but used only for defense
Increase federal funding of schools
Strengthen borders
Keep abortion legal, but rare
Legalize marijuana
Longer sentences for murderers, rapists and pedophiles
Shorter sentences/rehabilitation for drug users
Abolish death penalty
Strengthen and preserve Social Security
Campaign finance reform
Abolish subsidies for oil companies
Provide incentives for companies that keep jobs in US
Federal funding of development of alternative energy

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Let’s face it, the “war on drugs” is a failure. We’ve spent untold billions in the drug interdiction effort, and drugs still permeate our society.

Isn’t it time we adopted a rehabilitative approach, rather than a criminal one?

Here are some benefits:
1) Less prison space would be taken up by nonviolent offenders and therefore more space would be available to incarcerate dangerous violent felons.

2) The money spent on interdiction efforts could be either saved or if necessary, channeled into rehabilitation programs.

If we went the full drug decriminalization route, there would be some additional benefits:

1) Money that is now illegal and untaxable would be taxable.

2) There would be far less drug-related violence, as when you remove the profit motive you remove the incentive to kill others for profit.

3) Far fewer people would die of overdoses from adulterated drugs, because the drug purity would be regulated.

So why aren’t we doing the sensible thing?

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