[OneWingedShark]

Not prosecuting makes it much easier for them to keep everything via civil forfeiture.

Very true.

WHY would the authorities ever want to WIN the drug war?

I am convinced that the War on Drugs is a framework used to erode the Constitution.
Just look at your above on civil forfeiture and ask how that comports with the 4th, 5th, and 7th amendments.

[Gene Eric]

>> WHY would the authorities ever want to WIN the drug war?

Cuz it’s an industry that creates jobs supporting families, communities, pensions.

Now put your silly little porn-addicted, drug-addled, abortion -loving, pro-homo-marriage libertarian ideas in the trash and move along.