A Frontline interview

An episode of Frontline on "Americas war on marijuana" had an interview with Eric Schlosser, who has written several articles on the history and impact of marijuana law enforcement.

The interview is amazing and unbelievable. It shows how much the government is wasting our tax paying dollars.

A little sample:

When asked about the number of inmates in jail in relation to marijuana:

It's a pretty large number, in the sense that, certainly, in the federal system, about one out of every six federal inmates is in federal prison for marijuana. That's a very large number. There are more people now in federal prison for marijuana offenses than for violent offenses. Out of the 1.1 million people in American prisons, the marijuana offenders are not the majority. But there are a lot of them. And certainly, at a time when there's a shortage of prison space and when murderers are serving on average about six years in prison, it seems absurd to have non-violent marijuana offenders locked up in those large numbers.

...Unbelievable!!!!!!!!!

for more here is the link to the full interview

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dope/interviews/schlosser.html