$25 Billion; it’s the reason we still have prohibition of drugs in the USA.

“Two weeks ago, Guatemala's president Otto Perez Molina, a right wing conservative and former army general, stunned observers when he declared the U.S. inability to cut illegal drug consumption leaves his country with no option but to consider legalizing the use and transport of drugs. He vowed to galvanize regional support.”

"The Obama administration has been quite clear in our opposition to decriminalization or legalization of illicit drugs,’ said Restrepo.”

FROM:

VP Biden goes to Latin American amid drug debate

By MARTHA MENDOZA

AP National Writer

                     

Sometimes I wonder if the Obama Administration is influenced by drug money.  Let me rephrase that. It’s a $25 Billion dollar industry. How much of that $25 Billion makes its way to the Obama Administration?  

How long will it be until South American countries insist that we legalize drugs here in the United States?