They don't catch a hundredth as many drug 'crimes' - which can happen anywhere, whereas speeding can happen only on public roads.
I noticed that you avoided the illegal immigration problem.
I noticed that you avoided responding to what I did post.
Our effort to control illegal immigration
What effort? The ICE budget is only $5B, whereas we spend an estimated $40B on the War on Drugs.
has been a failure
Even with a relatively miniscule expenditure, the proportion of Mexicans and Central Americans in this country - no more than 7.5% - is about half the percentage of Americans who smoked pot last year - 14%.
Wow. $5B is insignificant. Or is “only.”
Did you include all of the costs to all of the social programs due to illegal aliens? All costs.
And what are the costs of a down and out addict? A person who is so dependent on the drugs that he or she can’t work and their sole purpose in life is to get that next fix. And if money doesn’t exist, they resort theft and other violent means of getting the cash to buy the drugs.
And legalizing drugs like meth and heroin doesn’t magically make the addiction go away. Plus a legalized drug is more expensive as we are finding out with pot (medical versus non-medical).