Article: THE HOUSE I LIVE IN: A fascinating expose on the (racist) war on drugs
Since 1970, it has cost America $2.5 trillion and led to 44 million arrests.
Of the 2.3 million Americans behind bars, 500,000 have been arrested for it
Due in large part to its excessively draconian laws, with only five percent of the world’s population, the United States accounts for 25 percent of its prisoners.