The Sacramento Bee, November 9, 2009 by Bobbie Stein
http://www.sacbee.com/1190/story/2314027.html
According to the FBI’s new Uniform Crime Report, in 2008 there were more than 1.7 million people arrested and more than 500,000 men and women in jail or prison for drug offenses. You don’t have to be a radical to understand that a smarter approach to drug policy will go a long way toward both easing the prison population and saving money.