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Tue Apr 10, 2007
By Aaron Houston
Americans' annual rush to file tax returns - April 17 this year, due to quirks of the calendar - is a good time to think about how those dollars get used, and how they get wasted. No one, on the political left or the political right, likes the idea of pouring tax money into programs that are proven failures.
And proven failure number one is America's war on marijuana.
Consider this: From 1982 to 2005, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration's Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression program seized over 103 million marijuana plants. In recent years, an average of over 33,000 cultivation sites per year have been eradicated, representing a massive investment of law enforcement dollars and effort.
The result? According to federal government estimates, in roughly the same time period, annual U.S. marijuana production increased from 1,000 metric tons to 10,000 metric tons.
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