President Biden thinks mandatory rehab is a fine alternative to prison for people who possess drugs. It s not. (AdobeStock)
Federal cannabis legalization has never felt closer, even though the newly elected President of the United States has repeatedly voiced opposition.
Joe Biden first made his mark as a committed Drug Warrior in the 1980s, but lately there have been encouraging signs that his administration will pursue a far more public-health-based approach to drug policy.
Forcing someone convicted of cannabis possession to choose between rehab and prison makes no sense.
Biden himself seemed to accept the inevitability of cannabis legalization while on the campaign trail when, speaking off the cuff, he went so far as to say, “I think it is at the point where it has to be, basically, legalized.”
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Ex-Modeling Agent and Epstein Associate Is Arrested in France
Jean-Luc Brunel was arrested at an airport near Paris by French authorities investigating possible sex crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein and his associates.
The Paris building where Jeffrey Epstein owned an apartment. Credit.Christophe Petit Tesson/EPA, via Shutterstock
Published Dec. 17, 2020Updated Dec. 22, 2020
PARIS A former modeling agent and associate of the financier Jeffrey Epstein was arrested at an airport near Paris this week as part of an investigation into allegations of rape and sexual assault, including against minors, French prosecutors said on Thursday.
The agent, Jean-Luc Brunel, a Frenchman born in 1946, was arrested on Wednesday just north of Paris at the Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport. The investigation into his activities also involves charges of sexual harassment and child trafficking, the Paris prosecutor’s office said.