Ok, again Lorax, I'm not a Republican and I know marijuana arrests are high, but that doesn't necessarily translate into high incarceration rates. Traffic offenses are also high. Government constantly creates enormous inefficiencies by disguising taxes as fees and fines, but for some reason the disguise works.

That's why unlike die hard liberals or die hard conservatives, I am completely persuaded by facts and your PBS link persuaded me. Most to the point, "about one out of every six federal inmates is in federal prison for marijuana."