Nixon started the war on drugs, though Reagan did increase it's scope and size considerably.
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > California is 17th among states. The US leads the world in > incarcerations mainly because of the length of the prison sentences. > Most of the inmates in are black males. The percentages have > quadrupled since 1980 when Reagan took office and started the war on > drugs. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_incarceration_rate > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_incarceration_timeline-clean.svg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_incarceration_rate#Causes > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States > > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 7:20 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I hear this on a daily basis. > > > > Do you have any actual numbers to back this up? > > > > Or does anyone have numbers about the percentage of incarceration for > > non-violent drug crimes (hopefully broken down by type or class of drug)? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:349881 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
