Top 5 Reasons The Drug War Is An Evil Farce

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1.  Destroys lives
2.  Increases power of the terrorist organization known as “The State”
3.  Increases violence and crime
4.  Creates a prison industry
5.  Allows police and other law enforcement mafias to rob people and call it “asset forfeiture”

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Educate yourself about the so-called "War On Drugs".  Here are some interesting places to start.

  https://www.corbettreport.com/the-cia-and-the-drug-trade/
 https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_offenses.jsp
 http://drugwarfacts.org/chapter/forfeiture
 http://www.cca.com/locations
 http://drugwarfacts.org/chapter/crime_arrests#arrests
 http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/06/cca-corrections-corperation-america-private-prisons-company-profile 

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So hard getting people to understand this. The drug war is more damaging to society than the drugs themselves!! (and we still have the drugs anyway)

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With legalization it will ruin so many other businesses that rely on the drug trade.

They actually have private prisons for DRUG OFFENDERS with money....

Absolutely! Well said. Steem on!

Interesting article mate, Job weldone!.

Thanks for the props. Cheers!

Yes this was has gone on long enough!!!!!

I think progress is being made. I hope I live to see the end of it.

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