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The Haunting Math Of America’s War On Drugs

January 16, 2013

The Haunting Math Of America’s War On Drugs [Infographic]
By Colin Lecher, popsci.com

Keeping people locked up ain’t cheap.

In 2010, the U.S. spent a whop­ping $500 per sec­ond fight­ing the War on Drugs, and most peo­ple sent to prison for drug-related offens­es are there for pos­ses­sion, not sell­ing. The upshot? More than hal…

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