This is the biggest reason for the legalization of drugs: the wrong criminals are making money from drug sales.
Drug money saved banks in global crisis, claims UN advisor
325 billion according to this guy. I know, 325B sounds like chump change compared to the free wheeling spenders that currently are in power.
Actually there are some good reasons to legalize drugs, or at least admit that the US War On Drugs is over; we lost big-time. Besides, if drugs were legalized, regulated and taxed, that would mean liberals would be paying the bulk of those taxes, and any tax on a liberal is a good thing, or at least neutral.