[robertpaulsen]

"In the meantime, take the $$ we currently spend building prisons for nonviolent offenders, and spend it on anti-drug education instead."

You realize, of course, that this does absolutely nothing to reduce the size of government. All it does is take money from one program and spend it on another.

I guess big government is OK as long as it is your big government.

[ellery]

I guess big government is OK as long as it is your big government.

Nah, in the long run prevention is always cheaper than dealing with a problem after the fact. What my suggestion does do is reduce the scope of unConstitutional federal government power.