I don't think much about people who think security can be bought by giving up liberty. But it's not too late to save your money, reduce crime and save America. To the extent it is necessary, it is a necessary evil and self-serving. To do so is to believe in rule by religious beliefs, not reason. Historically, rule by religion leads to tyranny.
Drug prohibition causes crime.
It's up to you, America. The government gets its power only through you. It gets its money by taxing the wealth of the producing worker. There is a pyramid being built, upside down, with fewer and fewer supporting workers at the bottom. Morality cannot be legislated, nor can the laws of natural economics.