Legalize It
A federal Drug Enforcement Agency investigation, in conjunction with local authorities, has resulted in an indictment of 38 individuals involved in a marijuana and ecstasy distribution in Colorado.
According to the report in the Rocky Mountain News, over $4 million in assets, cash and drugs have been seized.
You tax that at 50%, the government gets $2 million.
At least some of the people involved are looking at life imprisonment.
Do you know what it costs to keep someone in prison for a lifetime?
Do you know what it costs to pay DEA agents, local authorities, court appointed lawyers, and judges?
Imagine that number, and erase it from the government budget.
Now put it back. That money could be used to pay for drug treatment programs. It could be used for schools to teach poor kids skills that would enable them to make a productive living. It could be used for parks.
It could even, heaven forbid, be allowed to stay in the taxpayers’ collective pocket.
