"My coworker has been charged with sexually assaulting a number of women and I no longer feel safe at work" is one thing
"My coworker was convicted of non violent drug offences" is something completely different.
Especially since drug convictions are often racially biased - people of colour are more likely to be charged/convicted for drug offenses than white people.
[Personally, I think possession of drugs should be decriminalised, thus emptying jails and making drugs much less profitable for organised crime. At once point I was working for the Health department on the National Illicit Drug Strategy, and they sent me to a conference of international experts in the field, all of whom said "making drugs illegal doesn't work - it doesn't reduce use, and makes treating addiction much harder."
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"My coworker has been charged with sexually assaulting a number of women and I no longer feel safe at work" is one thing
"My coworker was convicted of non violent drug offences" is something completely different.
Especially since drug convictions are often racially biased - people of colour are more likely to be charged/convicted for drug offenses than white people.
[Personally, I think possession of drugs should be decriminalised, thus emptying jails and making drugs much less profitable for organised crime. At once point I was working for the Health department on the National Illicit Drug Strategy, and they sent me to a conference of international experts in the field, all of whom said "making drugs illegal doesn't work - it doesn't reduce use, and makes treating addiction much harder."