>>>>> Just the last incident I witnessed: The cops stop this young teenager
>>> for trafficking and he swallows the coke. Result? He dies...
>>
>>He's in heaven now and taxpayers don't have to pay for his
>>incarceration or be burglarized by his customers.
>>
>>If nobody would buy from him or sell to him, he would be alive now. >
>
> & If it were legal, he wouldn't have an incentive to sell it OR run
> from the police so he'd be alive now and the govt would be collecting
> taxes on the sales.
>
> Drug companies sell shit that'll kill you too, wonder why they're not
> under arrest when someone dies.
>
> Face it, the war on drugs is a failure in all but one respect. It
> keeps cops, lawyers, judges, clerks and jailers all employed.
There's a long list of government agencies supported by the stupid drug war budget. I saved a link to a great article, but the page no longer exists.
And let's not forget how much the cops make on the side with the drugs they confiscate.