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Just to show how prevalent the number of prisoners are related to drug offenses here is this.

"Composition of the Federal Prison Population – Mostly Non-Violent
· More than half (55%) of federal prisoners are serving time for a drug offense, and 13% for a
violent offense."
http://www.sentencingproject.org/doc/publications/inc_federalprisonpop.pdf