The Justice system in the US is partially to blame. Why are all these people in prison in the first place?
If your society is churning out criminals faster than you can build jails to keep them...then something is fundamentally wrong with your society. Are you breeding criminals? And if >50% of them are in jail for drug related crimes (distribution, possession, intent to distribute etc. etc.) then you obviously need to find another way to deal with that problem. Legalising the drugs, TAXING them, and providing social services (like AA for alcohol) for those that abuse drugs sounds like it would have a net positive impact on society and the economy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:338418 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
