I think everyone could learn a little something from this! :) Please check it out when you have a moment.
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(Drug War Chronicle 3/19/04 )
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Drug War Facts 2004 Now Available Online



The 2004 online edition of Drug War Facts is now available -- at 188 pages a full 50% longer than the soon-to-be-released print version. Visit http://www.drugwarfacts.org/factbook.pdf to prep for an upcoming debate, to bolster your next letter to the editor with solid facts, or just to check it out. Visit http://www.drugwarfacts.org for Drug War Facts in HTML format.

Illegal drugs are present in almost all Federal Bureau of Prisons' (BOP) institutions, as evidenced by inmate drug tests, inmate overdoses, drug finds in the institutions, and criminal and administrative cases lodged against inmates, staff, and visitors. This review (http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/inspection/BOP/0302/exec.htm#intro) by the Office of the Inspector General's (OIG) Evaluation and Inspections Division examines how drugs enter BOP institutions and what the BOP is doing and can do better to stem the flow of illegal drugs into its institutions ...

RESULTS OF THE INSPECTION (http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/inspection/BOP/0302/results.htm#pro)

THE BOP'S DRUG PROBLEM Although the BOP conducts interdiction activities at its institutions to prevent the introduction of drugs, inmates' positive drug tests, drug misconduct charges, drug overdoses, drug finds, and drug cases against staff, visitors, and inmates indicate drug use and drug smuggling occur in almost every institution.

Interesting that nicotine is as addictive as herion, yet it's legal.