"Across all levels of government, America will spend roughly $100 billion on the War on Drugs without getting any closer to resolving this problem.

Marijuana Prohibition, in particular, has proven to be an enormous waste of taxpayer money and squanders law enforcement resources on restricting the use of a naturally growing plant product that actually is far-and-away less harmful than alcohol. In reality, alcohol consumption is more likely to lead to harder drug use... but from our own history we understand the destructiveness of alcohol prohibition's unintended consequences. Creating black markets never ends well."

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