The War on Drugs (The War on Poor Americans)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-fZu1UuNpY

There you are, some Sabbath to set the mood.

The War on Drugs has (according to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, The US Government's record keeping agent for said war) cost America (between the state and federal governments) about $23 billion dollars. So far. This Year.

Of course that's only one one looks at the actual budgeted expenditure's . When one looks at the fact that almost 2 Million people are arrested yearly for drug offenses, and our population is about 310 million, it becomes apparent that you're locking a lot of potential-work-force-and-taxpayer crowd into the justice system, where they now COST the government money.

Additionally, according to a UK study, the War on Drugs has had the unanticipated effect of driving the markup for theses substance to record prices (Cocaine's markup is %1000!), so that the cartels can afford to fight against American forces. Now that's smart, playing in to your enemy's hand, because they're better businessmen. Not to mention you economically cripple the addicted peoples you claim to want to help.

Expect to here more about this from me. As Sean and I say, The biggest waste of government money ever is 30 years old and right under your nose.