To: Zon
"Not to mention the opportunity cost of people being imprisoned rather than working productive jobs and money wasted on fines and lawyer fees rather than being invested in various markets where capital gains are often compunded."A pittance compared to the savings society realizes from all the people not doing drugs because drugs are illegal.
"Sixty billion dollars a year that the government spends"
Oh please. Google up the federal ONDCP budget for crying out loud. It's about $12 billion, iirc. The states spend about the same. Where did you get your $60 billion -- drugsaregood.com?
To: robertpaulsen
A pittance compared to the savings society realizes from all the people not doing drugs because drugs are illegal.
Even if that were true it's irrelevant.
203 posted on
06/19/2006 10:16:04 AM PDT by
Zon
(Honesty outlives the lie, spin and deception -- It always has -- It always will.)
To: robertpaulsen
Oh please. Google up the federal ONDCP budget for crying out loud. It's about $12 billion
ONDCP does not include costs of enforcement and incarceration as part of its 'Federal Drug Control Budget'.
DEA, DOJ, DOD and HHS all have Drug Control Budgets too.
.
220 posted on
06/19/2006 3:13:13 PM PDT by
mugs99
(Don't take life too seriously, you won't get out alive.)
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson