The legalization of drugs

How many times do you hear of people getting kild over "alcohol wars" or "tobacco wars" on the street? Any vodka cartels that you know of? I can't think of any.How much money does the U.S. goverment make on taxes for the sale of marijuana or other "illegal substances"? Any at all? How much money is spent trying to take out people just toating a few ounces? More money than is made when those people are busted?I think that legalizing or "decriminalizing" (I also agree that advertisements for these things would be bad) currently "illegal drugs" would not only make for a safer easier to control market for the drugs, but it could also be economically beneficial to the government as well.Any takes?J0N

Well, I don't know. I don't think many people in the U.S. like their whiskey so much that they'll buy it off the black market... Hopefully we can get an opinion from an American wino... you got this one's opinion already J0N