Prisons in the United States have become alarmingly overcrowded over the past twenty years. The prison population continues to grow due to the War on Drugs (“criminal justice program focused on reducing the production, use, sale, or trafficking of drugs”). Moore DL and Elkavich A. in their article “Who's Using and Who's Making Time” state that “The justice system designed to “protect and serve” accepted the challenge of the war on drugs in 1968 when the Nixon administration decided to redouble efforts against the sale, distribution and consumption of illicit drugs in the United States (Moore DL and Elkavich A., 2008).” . The United States incarcerates more people for drug crimes than any other country. Indeed, the war on drugs has become the main cause of the exponential growth of the prison population today. “William Weir, a gun and drug control expert, argues that cynical politicians have manipulated the public to achieve their own agenda and goals and, in doing so, have created a “drug demon” stereotype to generate votes. The “war” increased violence and strengthened...