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The article presents response to the National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys' paper "The Dangerous Myths of Drug Sentencing Reform." Topics discussed include federal prison population explosion due to mandatory minimum drug sentences, data on incarcerated Americans from 1920-2013 and drug offenders sentenced to mandatory minimum sentences; and data from the U.S. Sentencing Commission revealing false claim on violent drug trafficking.

The article presents myths regarding drug sentencing reform in the U.S. It discusses myths including increase in prison population of the incarceration of drug users or low-level drug offenders, mandatory minimum sentences for drug traffickers, and deserve lengthy prison sentences by only violent drug dealers.