The War On Drugs - cost vs convictions

[denny]

Something I saw a couple of years ago and thought was highly amusing, and just remembered tonight. Took me about 15 minutes to track it down with Google, so I thought I'd post the link here:

http://www.drugsense.org/wodclock.htm

Comments

[grandwazooo.livejournal.com]

if I got my maths right it would be cheaper just to give every person sent to jail for drug charges $4 million...

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

Yup. I was wondering if it might just be cheaper to buy all the drugs.