I don't know. I think we are rapidly approaching a time when we can no longer afford to enforce prohibition with so little return on the investment. 250 million dollars a year to incarcerate people whose only crime is possession of pot might fly in a robust economy, but I doubt it will find many supporters in the current economic environment. If you look at the cost of drug enforcement versus the number of arrests of dealers, it works out to something like 20 million per dealer arrested. That's a very high price to pay for such a small problem.
On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 7:33 PM, Robert Munn <cfmuns...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's such a simply solution, and yet somehow I think we are years away from > dealing with the issue honestly. > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 12:21 AM, Maureen wrote: > >> There is a difference between the tyranny of Saddam and tyranny of the >> drug dealers. The US could eliminate the latter with the stroke of >> pen. Legalize and tax drugs, and the dealers either go away, or >> follow Joseph Kennedy into politics like the last round of profiteers >> from prohibition. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:286516 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
