Tag: war on drugs
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U.S. Failed Drug War Creates Terrorism
Thirty-eight million arrests, most for simple possession. Lives ruined, families disrupted. America turned into the most prison-happy nation on the face of the Earth. Illegal rewards incentivizing shooting fields in inner-city neighborhoods — enough bloodshed to appall even an Al Capone. Over $1 trillion in taxpayer outlays. Thirty-six years after President Nixon inaugurated this country’s…
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My Own Research Regarding the Failed War on Drugs
http://www.dea.gov/pubs/pressrel/pr122805.html Listed below are Drug Enforcement Administration successes from Fiscal Year 2005. […] Financial and Money Laundering Operations: DEA Operations stripped drug traffickers of nearly $1.9 billion in drug proceeds. This includes $1.4 billion in asset seizures and $477 million in drug seizures. According to the most recent available estimates from the US government (What…