... an expensive battle, as a great deal of resources go into catching those who buy or sell illegal drugs on the black market, prosecuting them in court, and housing them in prison. Ever since the 1970's, the government has spent so many decades on the War on Drugs, without sufficient results, and it may be time for a new approach. While the economic ... growers to sell on the black market again to avoid excessive taxation. According to a PBS interview with Eric Schlosser, 1 in 6 Americans in prison are there on marijuana-related charges (including simple possession), wasting taxpayer mone...

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... and other more serious crimes. The FBI reported that by 1996, arrests had increased to 9.9% of all combined arrests. Drug offenders, primarily marijuana, now constitute for about 23% of all prison populations in 1995 (Faley, Jonathan. (1997). Fact Sheet: Drug Data Summary. White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. 1-4. Retrieved from http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov). Due to this ... using smaller, local state jails to house serious criminals, and even then both state and federal prisons are overwhelmed with the capacity of people that are incarcerated. The country's prison ...

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