Tuesday, October 9, 2007

The War on Pot: America's $42 Billion Annual Boondoggle

"Why $42 billion? Because that's what our current marijuana laws cost American taxpayers each year, according to a new study by researcher Jon Gettman, Ph.D. -- $10.7 billion in direct law enforcement costs & $31.1 billion in lost tax revenues. [...] The new FBI stats show an all-time record 829,627 marijuana arrests in 2006, 43,000 more than 2005"

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