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Outside of obvious examples in Asia, Brazil's drug laws have created a disaster there for one very large example: "In 2005, 9 percent of those in prison were d
by adventured 8y ago
Outside of obvious examples in Asia, Brazil's drug laws have created a disaster there for one very large example:
"In 2005, 9 percent of those in prison were detained on drug charges -- now it’s 28 percent, and among women, 64 percent. The law, 11344/2006, has contributed to the last decade’s explosive rise of Brazil’s prison population. More than 620,000 inmates swelter in facilities built, in aggregate, for about 370,000."
"Under the 2006 law many users have simply been prosecuted as traffickers, made easier by the fact that the law does not set a minimum quantity of drugs to differentiate between users and traffickers."
https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/08/28/ten-years-drug-policy-failure-brazil https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/08/28/ten-years-drug-policy-fa...
- hardwaresofton 8y agoBrazil also has a pretty big reputation for police corruption, and much more concentrated/blatant issues with organized crime which can skew those numbers, which is less of a problem in the US. Abuse of a bad law is one thing, but in the cases where some drug use was confirmed (even if arguably without intent to redistribute), I think the US has the heavier hand. Even if I'm 100% wrong about Brazil, compare their 28% to the US's 45%[0]. [0]: https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_offenses.jsp https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_offen...
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