America needs to get a clue.

[Klash]

Average (mean) sentence imposed on Federal prisoners for various offenses in 2000:
Violent Felonies 63.0 months
Drug Felonies 75.6 months

In 1997, there were 55,069 drug offenders in federal prisons (out of a total Federal prison population of 88,018 that year.

From 1984 to 1996, California built 21 new prisons, and only one new university.

Found this on Drudge today: its pretty funny:p

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,947880,00.html

[bigpimpc]

complete bs! drug offenders have less chance at parole than child milisters, and murders... how sad

[gongshow]

yah, interesting read.

[Klash]

Originally posted by saturn
Having worked in law enforcement I can tell you most of the people in jail are there for something related to substance abuse. Even if their crime isn't possession or something like that alot of the theft or violent person on person crimes have some relation to drug or other substance usage. There is a big problem in our country when we are filling and having to build new prisons to incarcerate drug offenders at the rate we are.

I agree - most crimes could be eliminated if the politicians would wake up.
Its simple economics if you suppress supply, cost will go up. The more governments bust traffickers the more cost goes up, the more cost goes up the more people will resort to violence and theft. It's a downward spiral.

Saturn, why aren't you in law enforcement anymore?