Lol what. We have a few notorious murderers here too (tho I'm sure not of the US calibre, given the population size difference) who try to get out on good behavior every few years too. The maximum sentence in Belgium is life (28 years or so?) and sentences do not stack, so they theoretically can get out before they die of old age and make appeals for shortened sentences*...so they all try to get off on good behavior. Knowing full well no one is going to release them back into society.

* of course in practice the true serial killers and psychopaths are never released back into society, and are held in custody indefinitely on psychiatric advice etc

As I'm sure you know, the US prison system is out of control. As is our murder rate and whatnot. A shame, really. I wish they'd just legalize all drugs and let all the poor users out. It'd save so much money and space.

I think it depends. the difference between being a dealer and being a user many times comes down to the quantity...and I can tell you from personal experience that many users buy in large quantities for various reasons... it's cheaper, if you buy less often you're less likely to get caught, etc.

However, typically speaking, you wouldn't go to jail for smoking weed. Unless maybe you got busted over and over again. Or you happened to have some crack on you too.

So basically, the biggest danger is in buying a month-long supply and then getting pulled over for a routine check. I bet people drive really carefully after buying their supplies.

People are idiots. I bet most of those drug offenses that are in jail are morons that did something really stupid and got caught... like buying a quarter pound of pot, then getting high while driving down the road with their pot in the passenger's seat.