Posted
1/28/2012 05:17:00 PM
by Douglas
Stats for the I-40 drug busts are out for 2011. Drum roll,
please:Department of Public Safety Trooper Gabriel Medrano on Friday released the total amounts of contraband DPS officials seized in the agency’s Amarillo division in 2011.
Medrano said he was unable to provide totals for 2010.- U.S. currency: $4,169,638
- Marijuana: 7,011 pounds
- Cocaine: 685 pounds
- Methamphetamine: 92 pounds
- Codeine: 55,991 grams
- Heroin: 53,956 grams
- Total estimated drug value: $45,733,060
Wow. Three and a half
tons of weed? Does the DPS think that there's
anyone in the country that actually wanted it that didn't get it? How the fuck do they get out of bed in the morning?
Also, do they get bonus points for the "estimated drug value" pushing upwards of $50 million? We all know the only way they can capitalize on that value, right? Is anyone going to be surprised to find their confiscated products back on the streets?
"Legalizing" drugs is no more of an endorsement of using these horrible substances than making gambling legal: the state shouldn't care if you do it, but instead of spending billions to prevent it, how 'bout they regulate the shit out of it and MAKE money off of taxing it, instead of spending
$20 Billion a year in a futile attempt to stop it.
Labels: I-40 Drug Bust