ahenkel
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What's particularly disturbing about this graph is that most of the delta that began in the 80s consists of drug offenders, not violent criminals. The drug laws in this country that began under Nixon and escalated during Reagan's War on Drugs are just ridiculous. Despite all that incarceration cocaine is now CHEAPER than it was in the 80s, and Mexico has turned into a full-blown warzone.
Yep the 80's is also the right about the time mandatory minimum's started going into effect.
