Agreed, but if you want to lower those numbers, you need to treat the root causes.
The well meaning liberal welfare state, the collapse of the family unit, the failure of our education system, and the war on drugs are all parts of the equation. On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: > > "Caused by the war on drugs" is far, far, far different than "a HUGE > majority of the people incarcerated should not be." > > Violence and theft, regardless of the cause, is still violence and theft. > > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > Now THAT is exactly what I was hoping to see. > > > > > > That is awesome. Thanks. Lots of reading tonight. > > > > > > Unfortunately, that data is unlikely to indicate non-drug offense which > > were committed in connection to drugs in some way. Addicts steal to buy > > drugs due to the high costs attached by the war on drugs. There are > > certainly also cases where people went into the prison system as a drug > > user and came out as a hardened/violent criminal. > > > > It would still be interesting to see any conclusions you come up with, > > however. > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:349894 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
