That's money that can't be spentarresting people who commit violent crimes. In a nation where a murderis committed every 25 minutes and a rape is committed every fiveminutes, wasting billions of dollars to arrest marijuana users is thereal crime.
Drug use is usually temporary, but a criminal record lastsforever.
The legal status of drugs has nosubstantial effect on drug consumption. Criminalization unecessarily putsa lucrative trade in the hands of organized crime. The impossibility ofstopping drug use leads to drastic measures that corrode civil liberties. Ourlaw enforcement people are being allowed too much power. Our Courts arebeing used as a means of getting people out of circulation that do not agreewith the present Administration.