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Originally Posted by mona_klixxx
Isn't the "drug war" really about harder stuff, like cocaine, ecstasy, etc...?
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no. Thats a huge misconception.
Marijuana makes up a huge amount of the arrests made in the "drug war" - almost half of ALL "drug arrests" are marijuana.
You can dig up, if youre lucky, spending reports on police and see "marijuana eradication" is funded heavily throughout any state with MJ and this is because most have the misconception as you do. In fact, its been reported that the FOCUS OF THE DRUG WAR is marijuana!
here is article:
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The focus of the drug war in the United States has shifted significantly over the past decade from hard drugs to marijuana, which now accounts for nearly half of all drug arrests nationwide, according to an analysis of federal crime statistics released yesterday.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...050301638.html