Private Prisons (through their lobbyists) are likely one of the main opposers of loosening the War on Drugs. We don't know clearly what they lobby for - they wo

Private Prisons (through their lobbyists) are likely one of the main opposers of loosening the War on Drugs. We don't know clearly what they lobby for - they would never admit it publicly, but it is not hard to guess. Stopping the War on Drugs would be a cut to their profit margins. Snopes dissected this a bit: http://www.snopes.com/drug-law-lobbying-by-corrections-corporation-of-america/ http://www.snopes.com/drug-law-lobbying-by-corrections-corpo...