We've got more people in jail now than any communist country ever dreamed of. Most of them for "drugs".
I'm still trying to find where in the Constitution it gave the FedGov power to wage a "War on Drugs". It took an Amendment for them to wage a "War on Alcohol".
Aside from Tylenol, I'm not a drug user... but this crap has got to stop...
Most? Try 20%. And they're there for dealing and trafficking, not using.
Your little friends at Wiki admit there were 5 to 7 million prisoners at any one time in the Soviet Gulag, and 10% of them died each year.
Our situation is not comparable.
Actually, there'd be many fewer prisoners in this country if plea bargaining was abolished. That way the criminals could face the REAL sentences for their crimes, rather than those winkydink sentences for pot possession.
That'd gobsmack 'em with real life soon enough that they'd not want to come back.
Oh, yeah, and END PAROLE.
It seems like the only offense worthy of jail time anymore is where there are fines to be levied. drug trafficking/dui takes up many beds that should be filled with predators that are constantly being released upon us due to overcrowding...