Cost of Republican-led U.S. drug war

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 * See also: Drug war charts and maps. And: cannabis arrests. And: Drug war causes high U.S. incarceration rate. And: U.S. Drug War. Republicans lead. Sheep follow. Everybody pays.


 * Grandpa Doing Life Without Parole—for Pot. . Nazi Republican prosecutor. Info: LifeForPot.com.
 * Yes, We DO Give Life Sentences For Marijuana in the USA. By Cheri Sicard. June 16, 2014. Newt Gingrich wanted executions. Long mandatory minimum sentences are one factor in making the drug war so costly.

Correction costs alone averaged $30,600 per inmate in 2007 (local, state, and federal inmates). State prisons had average 2010 total per-inmate cost of $31,286.

New York City pays $167,731 per year per prisoner
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 * NYC's yearly cost per inmate ($167,731) almost as expensive as 4-year Ivy League tuition. . By Associated Press. 30 Sept 2013.

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 * War on drugs a trillion-dollar failure - CNN.com. By Richard Branson, Special to CNN, December 7, 2012.

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 * Source of data: US War On Drugs Has Met None Of Its Goals: AP Impact. By Martha Mendoza. Posted 13 July 2010. Huffington Post.

USA. Direct expenditure by criminal justice function
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Obamacare, drug rehab, public health, single payer
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