self fulfilling prophecy

It's the same logic as when Republicans claim Government doesn't work....

It's not ignorance or stupidity, it's a mission statement.. Republicans are trying to make Government not work and Cops are actively trying to fuck you over

I believe the legal repercussions are part of that "can ruin your life", not just the addiction and/or health concerns.

Though that still makes it an entirely artificial consequence that does not need to and should not exist.

I am once again asking everyone to read Alex Vitale's End of Policing

Logic is prison slave labor=$$$

You don't go to jail (if there isn't evidence of you selling it) in my country. Because it's not a penal crime, but an administrative one.