Articles by Christopher Ingraham

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Why Hardly Anyone Dies from a Drug Overdose in Portugal
Christopher Ingraham – The Washington Post, 8 Jun 2015

5 Jun 2015 – Portugal decriminalized the use of all drugs in 2001. Weed, cocaine, heroin, you name it — possession and use of small quantities of these drugs are a public health issue, not a criminal one.

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The U.S. Has More Jails Than Colleges – Here’s a Map of Where Those Prisoners Live
Christopher Ingraham – The Washington Post, 12 Jan 2015

To put these figures in context, we have slightly more jails and prisons in the U.S. — 5,000 plus — than we do degree-granting colleges and universities. In many parts of America, particularly the South, there are more people living in prisons than on college campuses.

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After 13 Years, 2 Wars and Trillions in Military Spending, Terrorist Attacks Are Rising Sharply
Christopher Ingraham – The Washington Post, 24 Nov 2014

Worldwide, the number of terrorist incidents increased from less than 1,500 in 2000 to nearly 10,000 in 2013.

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