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rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 hours agoArresting drug addicts in the war on drugs is part of how the US ended up with 25% of it’s population imprisoned. End result? Same amount of drugs.
Criminalizing drug use does literally nothing except lead to the death of democracy.
HikingVet@lemmy.ca 1 hour ago
Your percentage is off.
Recent sources put US prison population at ~2 million, with about that much under other supervision conditions.
US population is at ~342.75 million people.
rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 hour ago
Good call, got some wires crossed. The US contributes to 25% of the entire global prison population