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5 pages in length. Chapter I of Jeffrey Reiman's The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison addresses the very questions Americans have been asking ever since the so-called war on drugs was waged. What readers quickly realize is how the quest to control illegal drug use within various populations is - as with most other important issues - based upon very complex socioeconomic undercurrents. Answers do exist to the overwhelming drug problem, however, they are cocooned within such political rigmarole and manipulation that actually applying a solution is fraught with struggle. Reiman (2006) clearly acknowledges how imprisonment is hardly the answer, inasmuch as overpopulation is one of the most pressing issues in today's penal system. Instead, the answer is preventive rather than reactive: keep the problem from perpetuating by not treating the symptom but rather addressing the core issues. No additional sources cited.
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on drugs was waged. What readers quickly realize is how the quest to control illegal drug use within various populations is as with most other important issues based upon
very complex socioeconomic undercurrents. Answers do exist to the overwhelming drug problem; however, they are cocooned within such political rigmarole and manipulation that actually applying a solution is fraught
with struggle. Reiman (2006) clearly acknowledges how imprisonment is hardly the answer, inasmuch as overpopulation is one of the most pressing issues in todays penal system. Instead, the
answer is preventive rather than reactive: keep the problem from perpetuating by not treating the symptom but rather addressing the core issues. "...The money used to fund the imprisonment boom
of the past decades has been taken from public programs that provide welfare, education, and medical treatment for the poor, thereby weakening programs that reduce crime in the long run"
(Reiman, 2006, p. 18). Clearly, the costs and benefits of Americas current war on drugs are incompatible: the outlay is astronomical for
any perceived advantages that may exist. The existing policies of the government and related drug laws are not simply ineffective; they also appear to be constantly fueling the
social problem of illegal drug use and drug-based criminal behaviors. In essence, the stringent application of drug laws and the criminal justice response has led to criminal activity
based on the transfer of illegal substances that has taxed the criminal justice systems on both state and federal levels. The end result, an overtaxed prison system, has led
to the need to determine better methods for addressing the criminal offenses of those trafficking in illegal substances. Reiman (2006) dedicates a considerable portion of his first chapter to
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