DEA announces "historic victory" in the war on drugs

This victory is "historic" only in the fact that its not a victory at all. The war on drugs was lost long ago. How is it when government plunders money from its citizens, without proving a crime, its a victory? asset forfieture= police for profit

This should change immediately. Forfeitures should go into the public fund to alleviate any tendency by police departments to abuse the forfeiture laws to pad budgets.

See, that’s one of the great things about war. Sure, there’s the killing of the children, and the raping of the women, and the burning of the village, which is all fine, but then… you get to do the looting. And this is some really good looting… $800,000.00 — $3,000,000.00 The other great thing about loot is that it helps cement the loyalty of the troops. After being rewarded so handsomely, they’ll be the first to volunteer to attack villagers the next time. They’re not going to be swayed by local politicians, or referenda, or public opinion, or… laws.

Rapscallion- Legalize all drugs?? Hope you're not planning on flying any commercial airline till after you've checked out your pilots most recent urinalysis...

Based on the unalterable proviso that drug use is essentially an unstoppable and ongoing human behavior which has been with us since the dawn of time, any serious reading on the subject of past attempts at any form of drug prohibition would point most normal thinking people in the direction of sensible regulation. By its very nature, prohibition cannot fail but create a vast increase in criminal activity, and rather than preventing society from descending into anarchy, it actually fosters an anarchic business model - the international Drug Trade. Any decisions concerning quality, quantity, distribution and availability are then left in the hands of unregulated, anonymous and ruthless drug dealers, who are interested only in the huge profits involved. Thus the allure of this reliable and lucrative industry with it's enormous income potential that consistently outweighs the risks associated with the illegal operations that such a trade entails, will remain with us until we are collectively forced to admit the obvious. There is therefore an irrefutable connection between drug prohibition and the crime, corruption, disease and death it causes. Anybody 'halfway bright', and who's not psychologically challenged, should be capable of understanding that it is not simply the demand for drugs that creates the mayhem, it is our refusal to allow legal businesses to meet that demand. If you are not capable of understanding this connection then maybe you're using something far stronger than the rest of us. So put away your pipe, lock yourself away in a small room with some tinned soup and water, and try to crawl back into reality A.S.A.P. Because Drug cartels will always have an endless supply of ready cash for wages, bribery and equipment, no amount of tax money, police powers, weaponry, wishful thinking or pseudo-science will make our streets safe again. Only an end to prohibition can do that! How much longer are we willing to foolishly risk our own survival?

"Those funds are used wherever needed". I bet our greedy city council will some how steal that money from the fund,and blow it on something stupid. Like a cost of living raise when in the middle of a recession! A cost of living raise when nothing has gone up, but my CPS& SAWS bill!

SAPD needs all the money it can get to make all those coverups go as smoothly as possible.

Imagine how much we could save if we legalize. Dea, lay off all of them. SaPD, lay off many of them. When will common sense be used?

Just what the police departments need, more money to get more weapons and training for juiced up over armed thugs who prey on the citizens of San Antonio. Never there to stop a crime but always around to shake you down. Legalize drugs, lower prison and police costs across the nation over night.

Legalize them all so that our mistakes correct themselves.