Pubdate: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 Source: Sunday Herald, The (UK) Copyright: 2015 Sunday Herald Contact: http://www.sundayherald.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/873 Author: Myles Cooney Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v15/n635/a01.html Topic of the week: the war on drugs LEGALISE DRUGS? THAT'S NO ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM IT SEEMS that there was a comma in the wrong place in Ian Bell's excellent article. The prison industrial complex in the USA has now provided more than two million customers for companies like the Corrections Corporation of America. Over 900,000 are in jail for drug related crimes, 10 times more than stated in the article. The Scottish government's response to the new Irish policy was predictably pathetic. A Celtic mouse? Myles Cooney Cambuslang - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom