Take a look at the US per-capita incarceration rate over time [1]. Since the war on drugs began, it has grown 5x over what appears to have been a long-term stea

Take a look at the US per-capita incarceration rate over time [1]. Since the war on drugs began, it has grown 5x over what appears to have been a long-term steady state. The war on drugs is a make-work jobs program for people who can't build anything useful. Relative to skill, these are well-paying stable jobs. [1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/U.S._incarceration_rates_1925_onwards.png/1200px-U.S._incarceration_rates_1925_onwards.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/U....