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Re:Time to end the war on drugs by akg1 on Monday December 26, 2011 @10:43PM (#3394728)
> US having the highest percentage of population incarcerated of any first world country.

We have the highest incarceration rate, full stop.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarcerat...

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Re:Time to end the war on drugs by tankenmate on Tuesday December 27, 2011 @03:02PM (#3397154)
“The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons” -- Fyodor Dostoyevski
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