Just like the cops do. The DEA regularly mines Americans’ travel information to profile people who might be ferrying money for narcotics traffickers. A USA TODAY investigation found that “DEA agents have profiled passengers on Amtrak trains and nearly every major U.S. airline, drawing on reports from a network of travel-industry informants that extends from ticket counters to back offices.” Every American, regardless of how he feels about drug use, should be opposed to the war on drugs since it is also a war on any American who carries cash.

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