Karmanopoly@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 13 hours agoThe Vancouver Policelemmy.worldimagemessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1190
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minus-squarerockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-211 hours agoArresting drug addicts in the war on drugs is part of how the US ended up with 25% of the world’s prison population. End result? Same amount of drugs. Criminalizing drug use does literally nothing except lead to the death of democracy.
minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 hours agoYour 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.
minus-squarerockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 hours agoGood call, got some wires crossed. The US contributes to 25% of the entire global prison population
Arresting drug addicts in the war on drugs is part of how the US ended up with 25% of the world’s prison population. End result? Same amount of drugs.
Criminalizing drug use does literally nothing except lead to the death of democracy.
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.
Good call, got some wires crossed. The US contributes to 25% of the entire global prison population