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    Boing Boing‏Verified account @BoingBoing 12 Oct 2015

    The hockey-stick from hell: US incarceration per 100,000 people, 1890-today http://boingboing.net/2015/10/12/the-hockey-stick-from-hell-us.html …pic.twitter.com/nY0yTZX1uw

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      1. TheLA Critic‏ @TheLACritic 12 Oct 2015
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        @BoingBoing @ChrisWarcraftpic.twitter.com/AQCEcLAjQk

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      1. deplorable mule‏ @jarsthemule 12 Oct 2015
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        damn war on drugs @BoingBoing: US incarceration per 100,000 people, 1890-today pic.twitter.com/qRx5zJbJjr @LOLGOP

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      2. Greg Tangey‏ @GTangey 12 Oct 2015
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        US incarceration per 100,000 people, 1890-today @BoingBoing @GreatDismal more evidence on who lost the war on drugs ... and who won!

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      3. yeti detective‏ @yeti_detective 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @GTangey

        @GTangey @BoingBoing @GreatDismal how many drugs did we kill in the war?

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      2. Kim Cody‏ @Daniakall 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        @BoingBoing @owenblacker So... is that normalised to population increase, or what?

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      3. Owen Blacker‏ @owenblacker 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @Daniakall

        @Daniakall @BoingBoing I was thinking exactly the same thing

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      4. Niall‏ @niaII_94 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @owenblacker

        @owenblacker @Daniakall @BoingBoing It's per 100,000 people so population growth is factored in.

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      2. Brendon J. Brewer‏ @brendonbrewer 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        @BoingBoing @AllenDowney Ugh. War on drugs.

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      3. Allen Downey‏ @AllenDowney 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @brendonbrewer

        @brendonbrewer With just a few more trillions of dollars, and millions of ruined lives, I'm sure we can win!

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      1. John Baichtal‏ @johnbaichtal 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        @BoingBoing @GreatDismal Around here, folks say "H-E double hockey sticks" instead of "hell", non-ironically. Carry on.

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      1. that time of year thou mayst in me behold‏ @DarkandWondrous 4 Feb 2016
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        Usually when you see a chart like this it's a bit of a cheat—zero isn't really zero. Not the case here Horrible @BoingBoing @VictorLicata1

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      1. The Cuckoo Clock‏ @markdaventry 4 Feb 2016
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        @BoingBoing @VictorLicata1 strangely enough it correlates with MTV

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      1. Joel Mazza‏ @JoelMazza 13 Oct 2015
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        RT @BoingBoing: The hockey-stick from hell: US incarceration per 100,000 people, 1890-today http://boingboing.net/2015/10/12/the-hockey-stick-from-hell-us.html …pic.twitter.com/EqO0MoYuM8

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      1. Carter Allen‏ @CarterA 12 Oct 2015
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        @BoingBoing @gte I’m on their side but…who looked at that plot and said “looks good, ship it!” It’s awful.

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      1. Adam Mills‏ @JustGeneral_ 12 Oct 2015
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        @BoingBoing @thegrugq You are going to need other data points on this model.

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      1. #22 Kevin G‏ @kgfrombeelo 12 Oct 2015
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        @BoingBoing You could easily make a thee graph showing jobs going overseas during this time, leaving more ppl to sell drugs as income

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      1. Lonny Eachus‏ @eachus 12 Oct 2015
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        @BoingBoing @dhh Pretty amazing how well it correlates with the “War on Drugs”.

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      1. Sean Butner‏ @srbutner 12 Oct 2015
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        @BoingBoing @dhh anyone else bothered by how messy the x axis is?

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      1. Bryan Wyatt‏ @brwyatt 12 Oct 2015
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        @BoingBoing @dhh Alternate title: "The War on Drugs: The Numbers"

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      1. William D. Jones‏ @cr1901 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        @BoingBoing @puellavulnerata Gee, I WONDER what government "program" started in the 80's that may have contributed to this?!

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