Drug prohibition

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Legalization would reduce drug-related crime, save the U.Sbillions of dollars In 1984, a kilogram of cocaine worth $4000 in Columbia sold at wholesale for $30,000, and at retail in the U.Sfor some $300,000At the time, a Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman noted that the wholesale price doubled in six months "due to crackdowns on producers and smugglers in Columbia and the U.S." The consequence of this drastic factory-to-retail escalation is a rise in crime Addicts must pay hundreds of times the costs of their habit, and often turn to crime to finance their addiction Also, those who deal in the selling of the drugs become prime targets for assault for carrying extremely valuable goods