In shows like Judge Mathis and Street Courts ect... Where people admit they used to do drugs but now they are clean, do you think they should be fined by the police or something? Because that's like saying it's ok to do illegal drugs and admit later on T.V. in front of lots of citizens and get away with it.
yes i can think. No i dont think they should be fined that would suck. If you were a heavy addict and then quit and someone found out 5 years later would you want to be fined?
Yes he just openly admitted on T.V. is it not equal to physical evidence?
If you were a heavy addict and then quit and someone found out 5 years later would you want to be fined?
No, but since I don't do any I'd want them to be fined.
I'm just saying people shouldn't be allowed to admit they did something against the law, then admit it and get away with it scot free. It's like saying I stealing, or killing then admitting it and getting away with it. In this case there stealing and killing peoples lives with second hand smoking.
Yes he just openly admitted on T.V. is it not equal to physical evidence?
Nope. I can say anything I want. I can admit to masterminding the the attack on Pearl Harbor, does that mean I did it? Nope. Also, the last thing that needs to happen to a former druggie is for them to be arrested and thrown in jail. If they are now clean, leave them alone.
A confession with no hard evidence behind it usually isn't enough to work in a courtroom, let alone a TV show. It could justify an investigation, but in the case of people saying they used to do drugs, it's not worth the time.
If you made it a crime to have done drugs in the past, it would only discourage people from seeking help. I mean, if people do drugs for a while, what is their incentive (from a legal standpoint) to stop? Under what you are proposing, they could either keep doing drugs (and stay silent about it) and not get arrested, or open up and enter a clinic and get arrested. Obviously, we should encorage the later option.
By allowing people to come clean about their drug filled past, we let them have a decent future. Of course, we have to take other things into consideration. For instance, if they harmed someone else in the past and admit to it, we can't let that go. Drug use by itself is different because it directly harms only the user.
Yes he just openly admitted on T.V. is it not equal to physical evidence?
No , The police actually have to find the drugs to actually charge them , If you watch shows like COPS they have to find drugs as evidence to actually charge them.
Anyway this TV show probably set it up for them to say it to get more ratings.
