Put teeth into the laws in the USA, run the penitentiaries the way they should be run; then you will see a major decrease in crime, incarceration rates (compared to the rest of the world), and recidivism.
Legalizing drugs would fix our crowded courts/jails problems but lots of people are invested in the law and drug trafficing, we have a monster on our hands........
We sure do. The Government ships in the drugs. Then create massive bureaucracies and give themselves more power to solve a problem they create. While in the process, imprisoning citizens and seizing every bit of their property to "combat the War on Drugs". Problem > reaction > solution. <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oPALNqimEvM&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oPALNqimEvM&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FYgwIBXMNho&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FYgwIBXMNho&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-9VYoo_z300&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-9VYoo_z300&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> And the CIA still runs cocaine into America: N987SA On September 24, 2007 N987SA crashed in the Yucatan, Mexico, carrying 3.2 tons of cocaine. The Gulfstream II business jet was registered to Donna Blue Aircraft, Inc.[18] The Gulfstream with tail number N987SA has been involved in the transport of extraordinary rendition victims to Guantanamo Bay. Logs also show that the plane flew twice between Washington and Guantanamo and once between Oxford, Connecticut and Guantanamo. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendition_aircraft#N987SA_references