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		shelly on April 26, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Drugs in Portugal: Did Decriminalization Work? Agreed. The US spends something like $10 billion a year on marijuana prohibition, and what do we have to show for it?

chbarts on April 26, 2010 [–]

A few happy prison owners, a few happy cartel kings, and a lot of happy DEA agents and police officers who will never be out of work.

dagw on April 27, 2010 | [–]

And a lot of voters who feel safer believing their elected officials are doing everything they can to combat this so called evil.

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