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Treatment of Substance Abuse For Prisoners Can Lead To Less Drug Crime And A Lower Prison Population

By Walin & Klarich

Most people would likely agree that drug crimes were a major contributing factor in the alarming increase in the number of Americans currently incarcerated in the various penal institutions in the country. The overpopulation in our prisons is partly due to the increase in drug crime rate. At Wallin & Klarich, our drug crime attorneys have seen a significant increase since our firm started over 30 years ago. America?s so called ?war on drugs? perhaps began when then President Nixon declared to Congress that drugs were a ?serious national threat.? Nixon officially declares a "war on drugs," identifying drug abuse as "public enemy No. 1." It was also Nixon who created the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in 1971. In 1986, President Ronald Regan appropriated $1...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on April 27, 2010 (boomark / email).