Cigar
07-11-2012, 06:43 AM
I have been saying this for years, but Conservatives have always denied that it's true ...
But NOW Chris Christie says it ....
During a speech at the Brookings Institution today, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) spoke out against the U.S. War on Drugs (video below).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAFmRvBEGsY&feature=player_embedded
Gov. Chris Christie said: “The war on drugs, while well-intentioned, has been a failure. We’re warehousing addicted people everyday in state prisons in New Jersey, giving them no treatment.”
"It costs us $49,000 a year to warehouse a prisoner in New Jersey state prisons last year. A full year of inpatient drug treatment costs $24,000 a year."
"If you're pro-life, as I am, you can't be pro-life just in the womb. Every life is precious and every one of God's creatures can be redeemed, but they won't if we ignore them."
But NOW Chris Christie says it ....
During a speech at the Brookings Institution today, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) spoke out against the U.S. War on Drugs (video below).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAFmRvBEGsY&feature=player_embedded
Gov. Chris Christie said: “The war on drugs, while well-intentioned, has been a failure. We’re warehousing addicted people everyday in state prisons in New Jersey, giving them no treatment.”
"It costs us $49,000 a year to warehouse a prisoner in New Jersey state prisons last year. A full year of inpatient drug treatment costs $24,000 a year."
"If you're pro-life, as I am, you can't be pro-life just in the womb. Every life is precious and every one of God's creatures can be redeemed, but they won't if we ignore them."