According to FBI data, one out of three robberies and burglaries is committed to obtain money for high-priced, black market drugs. Innocent children and police officers are often caught in the crossfire. Prohibition enriches gangsters. As recent news stories show, drug prohibition corrupts police. Drug profits often tempt public servants to become criminals themselves.
Drug laws frighten people away from admitting they have a problem and seeking treatment.
Many American AIDS cases are traceable to the sharing of infected needles by drug users. Drug laws jeopardize our freedom. Without ever making an arrest, police have confiscated family farms, motor homes, cars, and other property. Police routinely seize what they consider unreasonable amounts of cash from travelers under suspicion that the money is being used for a drug buy. The owner must then prove that the money is innocent.