Less people would be in jail.
- Cannabis prohibition has inflated our prison populations with nonviolent individuals. Many have heard this statistic before, but it’s a powerful one: as a nation we possess 5% of the world’s population, yet harbor 25% of the world’s prisoners. The failed war on drugs (which has primarily been a war on cannabis) plays a large part in this.
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Ending the prohibition has great benifits. »Ending the prohibition has great benifits.
Less people would be in jail.
People go to jail for nonviolent crimes like possession of marijuana. »People go to jail for nonviolent crimes like possession of marijuana.
As a nation we hold 25% of the worlds prisoners. »As a nation we hold 25% of the worlds prisoners.
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