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However, the economic costs of legalizing drugs make it prohibitive
KTsnake is correct in his statement about the billions of dollars involved.
Politcs is about moving money around and getting elected. The art of the possible they call it sometimes lol.
No politician is going to get elected by proposing legislation that is going to put 40-60 percent of law enforcement personel out of work. 40-60 percent of prison workers. Enormous amounts of support personel etc.
A lot of programs would lose funding. There are whole non-profits that would go out of business.
Huge amounts of the underground economy would cease to function . . . as well as the business they support.
Seriously, that is the issue that has to be faced before you can even have a dialogue about making drugs legal. In fact drug dealers wouldn't be supporting it lol.
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