War On Drugs - The Prison Industrial Complex (10/10)

***The first few minutes are in dutch, but the rest is in english.

The war on drugs has been going on for more than three decad ***The first few minutes are in dutch, but the rest is in english.

The war on drugs has been going on for more than three decad ***The first few minutes are in dutch, but the rest is in english.

The war on drugs has been going on for more than three decad ***The first few minutes are in dutch, but the rest is in english.

The war on drugs has been going on for more than three decad ***The first few minutes are in dutch, but the rest is in english.

The war on drugs has been going on for more than three decades. ... all » Today, nearly 500,000 Americans are imprisoned on drug charges. In 1980 the number was 50,000. Last year $40 billion in taxpayer dollars were spent in fighting the war on drugs.

As a result of the incarceration obsession, the United States operates the largest prison system on the planet, and the U.S. nonviolent prisoner population is larger than the combined populations of Wyoming and Alaska. Try to imagine the Drug Enforcement Administration erecting razor wire barricades around two states to control crime and you'll get the picture.

According to the U.S. Dept of Justice, the number of offenders under age 18 imprisoned for drug offenses increased twelvefold from 1985 to 1997. The group most affected by this propensity for incarceration is African-Americans. From 1985 to 1997, the percentage of African-American young people put in prison increased from 53 to 62 percent.

Today, 89 percent of police departments have paramilitary units, and 46 percent have been trained by active duty armed forces. The most common use of paramilitary units is serving drug-related search warrants, which usually involve no-knock entries into private homes.

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[paulp1021]

I couldn't agree with you more. Our draconian drug laws in this country is ridiculous. I'm just flabbergasted that a country that markets itself as the "land of the free", incarcerates more of it's citizens than even a much more totalitarian & oppressed nation like China. And they have a population of almost 2 billion. In comparison to our 300 million.

[mystikast]

hORRIBLE what america is doin

[mebe84]

@1973mazdarx4coupe troll

[salcarusomusicvideo]

Just another component of ' 1984 COMING DOWN ' ... I'm ashamed of this 'free' country !!!

[1973mazdarx4coupe]

i hope one day a deer can use a gun and see how you enjoy being murdered for fun !

[IceManLikeGervin]

Great series!!

The war on drugs is a fraud it is a war for profit against citizens. The Prison Industrial Complex is a branch of the Military Industrial Complex in America aka Fascist Police State. The biggest drug dealers in the US are the CIA/Government connected.smh

[1973mazdarx4coupe]

@LightningBoltz thankyou

[LightningBoltz]

@modogray Not true. They want to oppress all people. Racism is prevalent in the US as a means to divide and conquer. While we are sitting around like stupid children pointing fingers and calling names, they are passing legislation incrementally to enslave us all. Do you think a master really cares what color his slave is, as long as the work gets done?

[LightningBoltz]

@1973mazdarx4coupe You don't do drugs and are about to end up dead, aren't you? You little Crohn disease infected faggot.

[1973mazdarx4coupe]

yeah, ok, so, if you dont do drugs, and dont sell them, you dont end up in jail or dead right? fuck these irresponsible fucks, what the fuck is the state to do? let them run free high on crack and/or selling it to anyone they can? i bet with white parents that little nigger boy ended up ok

[1973mazdarx4coupe]

yeah, ok, so, if you dont do drugs, and dont sell them, you dont end up in jail or dead right? fuck these irresponsible fucks, what the fuck is the state to do? let them run free high on crack and/or selling it to anyone they can?

[adolescent900]

More like what the whole world is doing.