Self-medication by orangutans using bioactive properties of a plant

Re:Self-medication by orangutans using bioactive properties ... by chunkstuntman on Sunday October 04, 2020 @04:01PM (#24681850)

Factoring in that the prison population is a "good chunk" of the total population should elevate the scale of this discussion above statistical haggling

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Re:Self-medication by orangutans using bioactive properties ... by dntrkv on Monday October 05, 2020 @03:09PM (#24690929)

Total incarcerated population is about 2.3M

State Level: 1.3M * 1.6% = 20,800 Federal: 225k * 2.2% = 4,950

So about 25k people out of a country of 330M (0.007%)

And most of these are for trafficking, not just possession.

I still think it's too many people, but it's not a "good chunk." The amount of people that actually go to jail for mere possession is tiny, and that number is going down.

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