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     This table tells almost nothing.  In fact, the ONLY thing it does tell us is that the number of people incarcerated is going up at an alarming rate.  In fact, between 1987 and 2000, the number doubled, going from one million to two million.

     This table does not tell us about the increase in budgets to fight crime.  It doesn't tell us about the changes in laws that put more people in prison.  It doesn't tell us about the increase in population.  It doesn't tell us anything about the percentage increase of drugs on the streets.  Like I said, this table tells us almost nothing.

     The war on drugs is not working if the local and federal gov'ts are spending about 4.65 million USD per hour (this is what they spent in 2010) in an attempt to sieze about 10% of the illegal drugs that are in the US.  The 10% I made up.  I have no idea what the figure might be.

     Furthermore, how much money is spent in the judicial process when someone is caught with his personal stash of marijuana?  A man is driving home getting set to chill with his wife in his home and smoke some ganja after a stressful week of work.  They're gonna put in a funny movie, throw a frozen pizza in the oven, and enjoy a peaceful night at home with some smoke.  Nope... we need to throw him in jail and spend thousands of dollars doing it.  We don't need him roaming around the streets.  

     Meanwhile there's an undetected meth lab right down the street, and there are kids in their mid 20s driving around the neighborhood drunk off their fools.  It's a good thing the law is focusing on the important things.

     The drug war is not working and everybody knows this to be fact.