Incarseration rates in America caused by drug crimes

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The American Spectator: “Human Rights Watch last week made headlines denouncing the United States for jailing more people per capita than any other country. The U.S. incarceration rate is 751 per 100,000 residents, the highest such rate in the world. Justice Department figures show that at the end of 2006, more than 2.25 million persons were incarcerated in U.S. prisons and jails, an all-time high.” So why are there so many felons in the U.S.?

Drug use. I addressed this issue in an article I wrote about our criminal justice system

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Date posted: Monday, December 17th, 2007 1:36 pm | Under category: Demented delusional or dumb club of the week award, Drugs and addiction, crime, gangs
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