Over the past two decades, American prisons have become alarmingly overcrowded. The prison population continues to grow due to the War on Drugs (“criminal justice program focused on reducing the manufacture, use, sale, or trafficking of drugs”). Moore DL and Elkavich A. in their article "Who's using and who's doing time" state that "the justice system that was designed to 'protect and serve' took on the challenge of the war on drugs in 1968 when the Nixon administration decided to redouble his efforts. efforts against the sale, distribution, and use 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. In fact, the war on drugs has become the main cause of the explosion in the prison population today. “William Weir, a gun and drug control expert, says cynical politicians have manipulated the public to achieve their own agendas and goals and, in doing so, created a “drug fiend” stereotype to generate votes. The “war” increased the violence and worsened the situation....