In Lake County, Florida, near me, 117 people have been arrested after two eight-month investigations into drug dealing—a non-crime. If the war on freedom known as the war on drugs were ended, as well as the wars on other victimless crimes, all police forces in every state could probably cut their personnel and budgets in half. But don’t look for that to happen. Cops want to hang on to their jobs even if it means busting innocent people.

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