Abstract
The popular sovereign remedy for all crime problems is increased penalties. In recent years this is nowhere better illustrated than in the case of narcotic laws in the United States. Although Federal anti-drug laws are said to be revenue measures, the penalties for violations at present include the possiblity of a death sentence. The average sentence of the Federal offender against these statutes has increased by more than 300 per cent within the last decade, and with the denial of probation and parole many narcotic violators are now being punished more severely than the average murderer. While students of crime
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