state govt's recieve money from the federal govt for each prisoner they have..i think its something like 7million people are in prison in the us..A lot of that 7 million are convicted drug offenders..it makes a lot of money..but, not as much as it would if it were legal.
good point
In statistics you take these things called samples. The samples go through the test. From the results of the sample, you apply to general population.
2 words...sin tax
i'm not sure a study has been done. i'll look around. anyone who hasn't heard me speak out against the sale of drugs, i'll tell you now, i was arrested for distribution in 1993 and 1994. selling 1 ounce of weed to a cop has cost me in excess of 10 grand, personally. my assumption is based on personal experience. anyone who also doesn't know. the police use confiscated drugs and have informants sell them on the street to catch people buying. that same in informant may sell the same crack rock 10 times.
That sounds great because federal money comes from the sky.
eh, this is the second time this has been said..kinda bothers me a little bit that dying out of stupidity rather than adhering to some bs law qualifies as a high price we pay for freedom..
your statement was people who wear seatbelts are in more accidents. well if you take the us as a hole, much more people wear seatbelts vs. without and therfore the probabilty increases that seatbelt wearers will have more accidents. now you take a sample portion from each side, and you have a more fair comparison. here is an example of what i'm talking about.
it doesnt ONLY come from our checks. why dont you elaborate?
Bro, I was being facetious. I saw the last time it was posted, and was playing off that. No need to tell me about the price of freedom. I saw combat overseas and have friends that never came home.
Do you think the cost to society will be be greater and lower if all drugs were legalized?
