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As someone in the trenches with Customs and now ICE, I would like to say to "taxpayer" that the term "War on Drugs" is purely political. If the leadership of this country really wanted to declare "war", it would take a lot more resources than we have put into the fight so far. Customs, Border Patrol & ICE - maybe 20,000 total personnel actively on the line, checking passengers & cargo. DEA - maybe 5,000 agents worldwide. Plus a few more from the Coast Guard, etc. to stop drugs & terrorists coming in, not to mention what goes out. The total number of personnel is less than the NYPD, which only has to cover one city, let alone the whole USA and even the world, when you count our foreign offices. So you see, we never really declared war, because if we did, we would have hundreds of thousands of troops on our borders, and we would be searching a lot more than we do now. We wouldn't cave in to political correctness, but would do the right thing for this nation. Of course, the politicans, big business, the ACLU, etc. would never stand for that, so we'll keep on pretending we're doing something about this problem, while throwing a few more dollars at it for the benefit of the media. The only way to change it is to change demand, which requires parental involvement and education, combined with effective law enforcement. At least that's my opinion, after doing this for the past 25 years.
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how could they stop the illegal flow of technologies and chemicals out of the country or into the country? They cannot even stop the flow of illegal drugs from foreign countries into the country! And we had the WAR ON DRUGS in operation for years.
The WAR ON DRUGS wastes my money and so will the war on export of illegal substances that are for war. It is hard to fight something that the country is promoting. find out why the Afgan's continue to grow poppies and who encouraged the growth! As Pogo once said - we have met the enemy and they are US.
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