Maybe they confiscated a whole ton of cash from him.
Not prosecuting makes it much easier for them to keep everything via civil forfeiture.
WHY would the authorities ever want to WIN the drug war?
Much more profitable for them to maintain it infinitely at some threshold level.
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.