War On Drugs

In 2009, over 700,000 people were arrested for possesion of marijuana not including the people who were arrested for intent to sell or buyers. "The War on Drugs" is usually seen as the DEA locking up all the big time dealers, but the money being spent is suggesting something different. Many people feel as if the $40 billion being spent every year is a waste because the main targets are the people who have possesion, not the distributors. This failure has caused California to propose Proposition 19. Proposition 19 will make marijuana available to those 21 and older and it will hopefully descend "the war on drugs" in America. America's spending should be re-evaluated to better enforce their ideas and the policies being represented.


http://www.change.org/petitions/view/support_proposition_19_regulate_tax_and_control_marijuana_in_california