Recreational Drug Use Legalization

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45

Monster, people convicted of drug charges have a choice to go the frontline to avoid jailtime so I guess they are already exploring the option.

Cite, please? All I've read about is that people with prior convictions now have the option of joining the military, whereas they didn't before.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Cite, please? All I've read about is that people with prior convictions now have the option of joining the military, whereas they didn't before.

Even back in the 50's and 60's, Judges would quite often offer a kid in trouble, a chance to join the military, as a plea bargain to avoid conviction.

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Even back in the 50's and 60's, Judges would quite often offer a kid in trouble, a chance to join the military, as a plea bargain to avoid conviction.

Today, the army is professional. A recruit must have a high school degree and cannot have any felony convictions. How is the army reducing standards to maintain their recruitment quotas? Sometimes, those two requirements get ignored.