Peacemaking and Community

The $320 billion drug industry pales in comparison to the $800 billion+ DOC budget (the third largest employer in America).

"Approximately one in every thirty-two Americans gets a shot at having the handcuffs shoved on. The scratch ticket average payoff, according to Wikipedia, is less than one in five. If the criminal justice system were a game—and to many who implement it, it is—I sure would put my effort into selling Jail Bird chances. It would be a great way to cash in on what is rapidly becoming a booming, multi-billion dollar industry." (excerpt from INCITE—a true story of two men betrayed by their adopted children and tortured for a crime they did not commit)

It really comes down to "dollars and sense". The former, for many, takes precedence.