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This graph represents the cost difference between choosing to rehabilitate offenders of drug charges in drug court, with choosing jail sentences. Treatment is a cheaper alternative to incarceration, and has higher success rates.

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One of the most controversial decisions made by the U.S. government was to schedule Marijuana a schedule I drug. This suggests that the drug has no medical value. This rescheduling of the drug has contributed in the aid of overpopulation in prisons, and crowding of our countries justice system.

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Our country's attempts to end the war on drugs has been counter productive. Our war on drugs has lead to recidivism within the drug community. Rehabilitation would appear to be the most logical way to go about treating our country, instead of mandatory sentencing, and incarceration.

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In modern America, there are more problems with recreational drug use than ever. Heroin, is an epidemic which is sweeping the nation.

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This graph is a representation of how drug use has continued to expand despite efforts from 1999-2011

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according to drugpolicy.org, due to Reagan's continuance of the war on drugs in America, our nations prison population nearly doubled. The continuance of these draconian drug laws only made matters worse.
(http://www.drugpolicy.org/facts/new-solutions-drug-policy/brief-history-drug-war-0)

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Nancy Reagan, Anti-Drug Campaign "Just Say NO'

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Nancy Reagan, Anti-Drug Campaign "Just Say NO'

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In 1981, Ronald Reagan would assume office. Reagan, was well known for continuing Nixon's failure of a war on drugs. Many people would remember his wife, Nancy Reagan, being highly publicized for her anti-drug campaign, "just say no to drugs".

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According to the national Institute of Justice, 76.9% of drug offenders were responsible for being arrested  again for another drug related offense. This exemplifies the issue with mandatory sentencing, recidivism was found within 76.9% of cases.
(http://www.nij.gov/topics/corrections/recidivism/pages/welcome.aspx)

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Mandatory sentencing took away the ability for many to be able to be rehabilitated back into society. Many have suggested, and statistics have proven that incarceration can lead to a vicious cycle of recidivism.

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Nixon was the driving force behind the practiced concept at the time of mandatory sentencing. Along side with mandatory sentencing, Nixon scheduled Marijuana as a schedule one. Nixon received a lot of backlash for this, and many suggested that Nixon was specifically targeting underclass citizens, minorities, and our youth.

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Richard Nixon, 37th president of the United States of America

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In 1971, our 37th president of the United States appointed a war on drugs, nationwide. Nixon claimed at the time that America's most sizable enemy was "Drug Use"