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Originally Posted by dissentowner
As an officer I can tell you the war on drugs is a waste of resources and an impossible battle. It also has caused more damage than anything beneficial. I don't make the rules though.
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It was never meant to curb drug use at all, it was all about money. It's not a coincidence that private for-profit prisons started appearing at the same time as the war on drugs ramped up. More people in jail, more money for the owners, more money funneled to the politicians. It also opened up a big revenue stream for the CIA when they got into the drug smuggling business