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- Annual Cost: About $12 billion
- Richard Nixon declared "war on drugs" in 1971
- Marijuana is America's #1 cash crop
- Current "Drug Czar": John P. Walters
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The "War on Drugs" refers to the United States federal government's efforts to stop the influx, sale and usage of illegal drugs. The War on Drugs can be traced back to 1880 when the United States and China agreed on the prohibition of opium shipments between the countries.
In 2008 the war on drugs escalated in Mexico, by March 2009 it had been reported that over 7,000 people had been killed in the previous 13 months of the drug war. FOXNews: Mexico's Morgues Crowded With Drug-War Dead (March 8, 2009)
Origin of Escalation
In 1971 Richard Nixon officially declared "War on Drugs" and created a federal anti-drug policy. Since then a number of laws regarding habit forming drugs have been passed. In the U.S. the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) enforces the laws of controlled substances.Cost of the War on Drugs
The U.S. government calculates the cost of the War on Drugs by adding the funds spent on the effort to stop the illegal drug trade, and the cost to rehabilitate drug offenders. Roughly $12 billion was spent in 2005 for the purpose of controlling drugs. The cost of jailing drug offenders was $30 billion that same year. $9.1 billion as spent for police protection, and $4.5 billion for legal purposes, all together $45.5 billion was spent in 2005 in the War on Drugs.-
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War on Drugs Questions
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Mexican drug lord Joaquin Shorty Guzman made Forbes billionaire list. Should the US be doing more to stop the drug war? 1 AnswerThe drug war is bad. We all know that. But the bigger question for me is that the Forbes number is an estimate of quantifiable assets. I wonder how much more m... read more -
What can Mexican law enforcement agents do to catch and stop drug cartel leader Joaquin Shorty Guzman? 1 AnswerThe best bet might be to arrest some low level member of the Sinaloa Cartel and get him to give up information on Guzman's location. Something similar to the ca... read more -
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Ive been smokin grass since the 9th grade 21 yrs am i a casualty in the war on drugs?
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Robert Strang is an idiot. Who the hell did the D.A.R.E. work on? If you think the war on drugs is working kill yo (cont) http://tl.gd/1a2ad
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The war on drugs heats up as central London sees a street shoot out between rival gangs.
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This dude on CNN is talking all fast like the US is winning the war on drugs. Are you serious?
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