You have scratched the surface. IDK if anyone could list all of the reasons for the fake war on drugs or the paradigm shift possible by legalizing and taxing drugs. So many of our "betters" would lose money while average citizens would reap many benefits.
"Our" militarized police depts. do get huge federal grants for this "war." Not to mention the million$ (at least) they get in bribes (in Tn. they often cut out the middlemen and hire locals to distribute and run their "business"
of course they still make "busts" for financial reasons and to show the public how capable they are.
Decades ago, when they needed to bust (their) big dealers, they would give them advance notice (so they didn't lose too much product) and release them to a (very well respected ) lawyer who already had a deal (they all colluded and were the bosses of the local network) with a judge.
I assume "regular" peoples heads would explode if they knew how all of this works. This is just local. On a world-wide scale, my head might explode.
25 years ago, I was a small part of this. It was very lucrative, I was well respected, no chance of real jail time, but some of my friends were killed (executed) for not following the rules.
This "war" is just another scourge on America.
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