drugs

Too many laws, too many prisoners

Submitted by shelly (not verified) on July 24, 2010 - 3:13pm

Great article in the Economist about our ridiculously over-zealous "justice" system:

Never in the civilised world have so many been locked up for so little

Justice is harsher in America than in any other rich country. Between 2.3m and 2.4m Americans are behind bars, roughly one in every 100 adults. If those on parole or probation are included, one adult in 31 is under “correctional” supervision. As a proportion of its total population, America incarcerates five times more people than Britain, nine times more than Germany and 12 times more than Japan. Overcrowding is the norm. Federal prisons house 60% more inmates than they were designed for. State lock-ups are only slightly less stuffed.

AP Bombshell: "US Drug War Has Met None of Its Goals"

Submitted by shelly (not verified) on May 14, 2010 - 10:35pm

I'm not sure I'd consider the obvious failure of our War on Drugs a bombshell, but this article has some terrific stats about how ridiculously expensively massive the failure has been:
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The Associated Press has just dropped a bombshell on America's longest running war and the headline says it all: "The US Drug War has Met None of its Goals".

First U.S. marijuana cafe opens for business in Portland

Submitted by shelly (not verified) on November 18, 2009 - 12:51pm

This story will be worth following, as it violates the federal ban but is legal at the state level:

From DailyFinance.com

State Mandates & Health Insurance: Find out what you're paying for (and don't need)

Submitted by shelly (not verified) on August 4, 2009 - 10:02pm

[REDDIT]