The Benefits of Decriminalization in America’s War Against Drugs
By Bennett Hauck Of the 147,071 people currently in the United States federal prisons system, 146,825 are men, and 10,838 are women. 65,895 of the 147,071 are imprisoned due to drug offenses, which include possessing, manufacturing, or selling illegal substances (Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2023). These men and women are imprisoned as a punishment, not […]