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To: goldworldnet who wrote (257)	3/7/2005 3:47:01 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 777

The War On Drugs has been a ROUSING success, hasn't it? 55% of federal prisoners are there for drugs. 20% at the state level. At $30-$60K per year of YOUR tax money. Over 80% of the increase in the federal prison population from 1985 to 1995 was due to drug convictions. drugwarfacts.org The single largest offense category of nonviolentoffenders discharged from prisons was drug traffick-ing, accounting for nearly 1 in 5 nonviolent releasees 66.102.7.104 Only 25% of prisoners committd violent crimes. www-unix.oit.umass.edu One out of 17 Americans born this year is likely to spend some time in a correctional facility. For African-American men, the odds are far higher--one out of 3. A majority of inmates--about 55% in the Federal system--are drug offenders. Americans don't use more drugs than people in other countries do. But if they are caught, they are far more likely to go to jail. Mandatory sentencing rules leave judges with little discretion, even for individuals arrested for simple possession of a small quantity of an illicit drug. fguide.org