[robertpaulsen]

In response to the poster who claimed half the people in prison are there because of drug crimes, I said 22% were in prison because of drug crimes and backed up that percentage with a link.

You came along and said "The numbers range from 70% to over 80% depending on which source you want to believe". Where did you get that percentage?

"The War On Drugs is a total failure"

Measured how? What do you mean, total failure?

[mugs99]

said 22% were in prison because of drug crimes and backed up that percentage with a link.

Your link was a reprint of an article that was published in the NY Times in 1991. Butterfield, the reporter, pulled his numbers out of various other articles and the Times was widely ridiculed.

I use Department of Justice statistics then cross reference them by using the simple search term "refute" to arrive at a range. I've given you links to the stats many times in tne past including refutations by other government agencies.

Measured how?
Availability of drugs. Rising incarceration levels without a reduction in seizures. The ever increasing number of innocent victims of accidental police shootings and turf war crossfire...The streets of America turned into a war zone.

What do you mean, total failure?
Bigger government. Loss of rights. Drug gang increases. A glut of ever cheaper drugs. The increase of danger zones. The loss of respect for the law. The danger to my children and grandchildren from the increase in criminal and law enforcement violence.

Can you show me any drug war victory?
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