You let the addicted pay for law enforcement to catch the criminals, how do you do that?
It´s simpel, all the drugs that are being confiscated, instead of beeing destroyed the state sells them for 50% off the streat value back to the addicted (purifiyed, tested), at special facilitys, the drug must be taken there, so no resell, where they also get offered rehab services, if they choose so. This creates a circel of more and more law enforcement finding drugs and people getting treatment. The criminals face more and more economic and monitoring pressure.
It´s estimated the global drug marked is yearly around 300-500 billion USD, USA a police officer get´s roughtly 70.000 USD/y = 4.3 - 7.1 Million more police officers.
The USA alone has roughtly 1 million police officers.
Worldwide for 100.000 people there are 300 police officers on average, 8 billion worldpopulation = 24 million police officers.
24 million + 7.1 million = 31.1 Million police officers. This would be a increase off around 30% in police force worldwide, for free.
With the 50% price cut still 15% more.
I know the more people we reach the less drug users, because people have then real hope and direction/purpose, the above could be a addition.
I always hear when they talk about the drug crisis, we can´t do more, because we don´t have enouth money for more staff, so this solves it.
Would you agree?
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