As others have pointed out, $3B is not a small amount of money. Also, most of the money spent in the drug war doesn't go through the DEA. For example, DEA doe

As others have pointed out, $3B is not a small amount of money. Also, most of the money spent in the drug war doesn't go through the DEA. For example, DEA doesn"t run prisons. It costs about $50000 to keep someone in prison. We have about 3 million prisoners in the US. Suppose only 10% of them are in prison for drug offenses. That's about $15 billion/year. Pencils out to $50/year for each US citizen. So about $200/year per taxpayer. Think a little and you won't have trouble finding other sources of waste. Wasted police time. Lost productivity of the imprisoned. Truancy among children with missing fathers. Personally, I'd rather give the $200 to a harm reduction program.