tHESE ARE STRANGE CHARTS..mostly I see is Drug trafficking.. not drug use, not Stopping cars and finding drugs... I wonder if this is just a Mix of numbers combined.

What I would ask and say..Think of the amounts of money SPENT on drugs...The amounts Spent on Catching those with drugs.. Making things illegal only makes an environment to make MONEY from those goods. Ask the states that Legalized MJ...the profit margins went into the dirt. The only ones making money, sell at about the same price(cut in profits) but dont pay the TAXES and Farm(regulations to run a farm) costs..

Is there REALLY a reason to place people in JAIL for some of these problems? wouldnt it be easier to find out WHY they take the drugs and try to solve it? Yes, drugs can be addictive, but change the environment of where they get them, and you can BREAK up the addictive drugs from the Non-addictive.

Another alternative is to FIND what people want, and try to give them something as a replacement.. DO you really like drinking BEER? when you could smoke a joint and get the relaxation, and NOT the hang over.. Alcohol is addictive, and your body will tell you so..

IF this is just cause people are SELLING(trafficking), then THAT is allot of people..arrested for selling drugs. Last I heard(40% were in jails for Drug charges). 5 Sellers could probably be dealing to 100+ people. With Millions in jail for selling drugs, the Users must be in the 100,000,000’s... 1/3 of this nation must be using drugs..Thats equal to all the people in the REGISTERED repub/democrat parties..they could out vote both parties..Nation wide.

We could get wierd here and point out some reasoning to be illegal, and underground profits going to the CIA, Mega rich people, and so forth... We could talk about DOW chemical wanting a clear market for Nylon and synthetics for making clothing and ropes.. But let me ask, how many animals we would need to Clothe everyone in Wool or cotton...and those allergic to those, would love hemp clothing.. building materials from Hemp waste for walls and lumber..Even using bamboo for products would save tons of Forrest.

restricting markets, and available products, for Price control is an old trick. try SUGAR...