US arrests more people for drug use than for all violent crimes combined–huge cause of mass incarceration problem. https://t.co/CZ3o5gVYrb pic.twitter.com/lfuHkfmIHp
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) October 12, 2016
US: Disastrous Toll of Criminalizing Drug Use
The massive enforcement of laws criminalizing personal drug use and possession in the United States causes devastating harm. Enforcement ruins individual and family lives, discriminates against people of color, and undermines public health. The federal and state governments should decriminalize the personal use and possession of illicit drugs.