It's also massively complicated and tied into all kinds of things you might never imagine (the education system, the healthcare system, foreign policy, etc, etc).
Unwinding any aspect of it would be like refactoring a legacy codebase larger and older and cruftier than any software in existence.
One of the underrated issues in civics today is how well a piece of legislation is crafted.
I sympathize with the people suffering in jail and with the burden of a criminal record resulting from drug arrests. If I were in that position I wouldn't want to wait for the legislature to catch up to public opinion. At the same time, if we are going to keep passing laws by direct vote we need to have those laws be written more carefully.
Unwinding any aspect of it would be like refactoring a legacy codebase larger and older and cruftier than any software in existence.
One of the underrated issues in civics today is how well a piece of legislation is crafted.
I sympathize with the people suffering in jail and with the burden of a criminal record resulting from drug arrests. If I were in that position I wouldn't want to wait for the legislature to catch up to public opinion. At the same time, if we are going to keep passing laws by direct vote we need to have those laws be written more carefully.