No, prisons aren’t full of nonviolent drug offenders.
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Marijuana legalization can’t fix mass incarceration→
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A Republican and Democrat pointed to marijuana prohibition to explain mass incarceration. They’re both wrong.
Read MoreWho is really in Prison for Marijuana?
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Many of those in prison for marijuana entered a guilty plea to a marijuana charge to avoid a more serious charge. In the US, just 1.6 percent of the state inmate population were held for offenses involving only marijuana, and less than one percent of all state prisoners (0.7 percent) were incarcerated with marijuana possession as the only charge.
Read MoreNo One Serves Jail Time for Smoking Pot→
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A currently hip cause is to rail against sentencing pot smokers to jail time. It sounds good considering alcohol is legal, smoking pot is not considered harmful to others, and our jails are already overcrowded, straining taxpayers’ wallets. The only problem is there isn’t a shred of truth to it.
Read MoreLegalization didn’t unclog prisons→
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Of all the misunderstandings about marijuana’s impact on the country, perhaps none is greater than the belief that America’s courts, prisons and jails are clogged with people whose only offense was marijuana use. This is the perception, but statistics show few inmates are behind bars strictly for marijuana-related offenses, and legalization of the drug will do little to affect America’s growing incarceration numbers.
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