[Lurking Libertarian]

To return to the point of this thread, the army of millions of suffering prisoners-for-dope-alone is an illusion created by pro-dope agitators.

From the source cited by Trailerpark Badass in post #10 of this thread:

"as adjusted for the June 1998 prisoner counts, there would be 7,400 state prisoners and 2,300 federal prisoners incarcerated for marijuana possession only, for a total of 9,700 prisoners."

Not exactly "millions," but not exactly "rare" or "nonexistent" either.

[Dakmar]

9,700 in prison times $40,000 (rough estimate on cost per inmate) = $388,000,000. Whoever thinks spending that kind of money to lock up pot smokers must be getting a good chunk of it paid to them, or are completly sick in the head.