> Here in New York, we had the Rockefeller sentencing laws in the 1970s. There's people still in jail, today, for offenses that would get a slap on the wrist, these days.

That's so sad. Lives were ruined and society not only pays to to ruin their lives by keeping them in prison, but also basically destroys any means of rehabilitation. We really have to rethink our justice system when it comes to drug abuse.