Drug Expenditures
- Share via
Further to Jim Harrigan’s good letter on teen drug use (Aug. 27), in which he cites $40 billion annually as the official cost of our drug war, nothing could better illustrate its futility than a recent United Nations estimate of illicit drug profits, at $400 billion annually. At least half of that comes from U.S. dealers and their customers, outspending the forces of law and order five to one.
MARSHALL PHILLIPS
Long Beach
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
More From the Los Angeles Times
Podcasts
In Season 2 of “Crimes of the Times,” host Christopher Goffard revisits one of the longest and most bizarre murder trials in U.S. history.
On this week’s bonus, Madison McGhee and Jake Deptula share some of their more controversial takes on today’s true crime beat.
In this episode, Sammy Roth speaks with geography professor James McCarthy, who’s studied how authoritarianism and environmental destruction can be deeply intertwined.
