Alas, Huffington misses the real reason the war on drugs continues year after year: Our government employees profit immensely from it. Whether it is the local and state police forces that confiscate property and then sell it for a profit or federal agents doing the same while also cushioned by record budgets that have dramatically expanded our president's private army and conveniently armed them with machine guns, no law enforcement official is likely to raise their voice against the abuses or failures.

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