News (Media Awareness Project) - Australia: PUB LTE: Crime And Punishment |
| Title: | Australia: PUB LTE: Crime And Punishment |
| Published On: | 2003-09-01 |
| Source: | Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-19 18:00:56 |
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
Kudos to John Birmingham for his review of Cannabis: A History ("The cash crop
that keeps growing", Spectrum, Herald, August 30-31). The prohibition of
marijuana has transformed America into the most incarcerated nation in history.
With fewer than 5 per cent of the world's population, the United States has
more than 25 per cent of the world's prisoners - thanks primarily to our
counter productive war on certain (politically selected) drugs.
Last year in the US we had more than 730,000 arrests for marijuana violations -
more than for murder, rape, robbery and assault combined. My advice: carefully
observe US drug policy - then do the opposite.
Kirk Muse
Mesa (US)
Kudos to John Birmingham for his review of Cannabis: A History ("The cash crop
that keeps growing", Spectrum, Herald, August 30-31). The prohibition of
marijuana has transformed America into the most incarcerated nation in history.
With fewer than 5 per cent of the world's population, the United States has
more than 25 per cent of the world's prisoners - thanks primarily to our
counter productive war on certain (politically selected) drugs.
Last year in the US we had more than 730,000 arrests for marijuana violations -
more than for murder, rape, robbery and assault combined. My advice: carefully
observe US drug policy - then do the opposite.
Kirk Muse
Mesa (US)
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