[Gene Eric]

The War on Drugs pays for pensions, pays for college, retirement, etc... Hell, it’s #ing industry.

[Gene Eric]

A proviso to my previous post...

I’m not slamming the hardworking folks paying the price for drug-related crimes. To the contrary, I completely support these LEOs.

The issue is about policy.

[nathanbedford]

Yes, it could accurately be described as the world's most successful multilevel marketing application yet devised. Not only does it succeed in multilevel marketing, but demand is created by the government, the marketeers are protected from competition by the government, price is sustained by the government's actions, the markup is astronomical… It is a dream business.