Putin and Drugs

As Mark Brady has pointed out President Vladimir Putin’s resume includes a stint with the KGB, however, he clearly never worked for the Soviet or Russian version of the DEA. A law Putin signed in December just went into effect that essentially decriminalizes possession of small amounts of drugs. A person having up to ten times the “average single dose” will be committing an administrative infraction and be subject only to a small fine. Ten to fifty times the “average single dose” will entail a larger fine and community service but no jail time. It is estimated that the expense of housing up to 150,000 prisoners can be saved by the end of next year. If an ex-KGB man like Putin can apply a little common sense towards the war on people who use certain kinds of drugs, what is George Bush’s problem?