1. The Legalization of Pot
That is the amount of money spent on the War on Drugs each year-$1,271 per second spent on law enforcement, incarceration, and interdiction. ... That information begs the question, "Is the U.S. winning the war on drugs?... Since President Richard Nixon declared the War on Drugs 40 years ago, Federal, state, and local governments have spent hundreds of billions of dollars fighting drugs. ... McNamara is a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), a group started by retired law enforcement officials who have fought in the war on drugs and believe that war cannot be won (Martin 2...
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