Reply #2: Drug addiction is a medical problem, not a criminal issue.

[LauraK]

The DEA is wasting $4 billion a year and the problem is getting worse. The US is the only country that hasn't adapted to the reality of drug addiction and the only country with escalating drug related crime. The solutions are learned and praticed all around us and we don't get it.

The little town I grew up in gets $80,000 dollars a year for drug enforcement if they get four drug convictions each year. If they arrest the two people bringing the drugs into the area, they won't get the 4 convitions per year so they leave them be and arrest people with small amounts to get the funds. This is happening nation wide. Our current efforts are actually increasing the number of drug addicted citizens who go without medical attention and into the criminal system. Meanwhile, officials at all levels are absorbing the $$$$.