The war on drugs summed up in a single image

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46. We have a system that has gone to war with it's own people

--the citizenry loses safety, health and lives while the government refuses to serve us. This is yet another example of money trumping lives, another example of a program that has lost it's mission. If the mission is actually public safety, then the program needs a complete overhaul.

The DEA and militarized police are not helping either--even if they shifted toward meth and other hard drugs instead of pot, we would still be having drones and SWAT home invasions. The 1.5 trillion dollars feeds back into the system to pay off government and to make even more sophisticated war equipment --this is not America.

Legalizing pot will be good for economy and for health. But this war industry is a monster that has gotten out of control--war destroys lives--it cannot by nature build anything--and we have a lot of work to do.

Imagine all of this money funding education and infrastructure--preparing for the rising seas and green programs--putting Americans to work. Imagine that we can make desalination plants, plant forests and change the ecosystem. This is what we need to be doing NOW and these criminals are getting in the way.