According to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey, 23.6 percent of U.S. women and 11.5 percent of U.S. men reported being a victim of domestic violence at some point in their lives. The CDC estimates that 1,200 women are killed and 2 million are injured in domestic violence every year in the United States.
Instead of needlessly wasting hundreds of billions of dollars on the occupation of Iraq and the war on drugs, maybe we could put some of that money into preventing domestic violence.
I would much rather see a war on domestic violence than a war on drugs. I suggest we stop throwing non-violent druggies in jail and instead use those law enforcement resources to stop domestic violence and lock up domestic abusers.
What do you think?
