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Today more Americans are imprisoned for drug offenses than for property crimes
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"Today more Americans are imprisoned for drug offenses than for property crimes"

- George Will

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This quote by George Will highlights the severity of the drug problem in the United States. It implies that the number of people being incarcerated for drug offenses is higher than the variety of people being put behind bars for residential or commercial property criminal offenses. This suggests that the criminal justice system is placing a greater emphasis on penalizing drug-related offenses than on punishing property crimes. This might be due to the fact that drug-related offenses are seen as more severe and harmful to society than residential or commercial property crimes. It could also be due to the truth that drug-related offenses are harder to find and prosecute than property criminal offenses. This quote serves as a pointer of the value of resolving the drug problem in the United States and of the need for a more reliable criminal justice system.

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George Will This quote is written / told by George Will somewhere between May 4, 1941 and today. He was a famous Journalist from USA. The author also have 25 other quotes.

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