The US did implement mass incarceration for drug offenses. It happened mostly between 1980 and 2000: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_epidemic_in_the_Unit

The US did implement mass incarceration for drug offenses. It happened mostly between 1980 and 2000: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_epidemic_in_the_United_States#/media/File:US_incarceration_timeline-clean.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_epidemic_in_the_United_S...