It is easier for our children to get illegal drugs than it is for them to get alcohol. Our drug laws have turned illegal drug pushing into such a high-profit industry that there will always be people willing to take the risks. That's a return of fifty to one hundred times your investment. Police and military forces are helpless to counteract economic forces that huge. According to a United Nations International Drug Council Program report, world trafficking in illegal drugs made up about 8 percent of all world trade as of 1995 it must be higher today.
Illegal drugs are a bigger business than all exports of automobiles.
Our drug wars guarantee there will be hundreds of millions of dollars to be made selling drugs. When there's that much money to be made, every time we imprison another drug dealer, all we do is create a new job opportunity. You don't have to look to national statistics to see the complete failure of the war on drugs. You can go down to Sixth Street and see it first-hand. Since January, our police have arrested 66 people for dealing narcotics in the area and 143 for possession.