Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“From the standpoint of many U.S. officials, one can easily see why they find the drug war advantageous. Like the drug lords and drug cartels, there is a huge drug-war federal bureaucracy that has grown dependent on the drug war. There are, for example, generous salaries for federal judges (plus lifetime appointments), federal prosecutors, DEA agents, court clerks and secretaries, law clerks, and others, all of which would dry up if the drug war were ended and drugs were legalized. Just like the drug lords and drug dealers, the last thing these federal bureaucrats want to do is let go of the source of their largess. But there is another benefit to the drug war, one that President Trump is now using to expand his militarized police state across America.” (09/10/25)
https://www.fff.org/2025/09/10/the-benefit-of-the-drug-war-to-donald-trump/