If you decriminalize drugs would it help the economy?

"The United States has 5 percent of the world's population and 25 percent of the world's incarcerated population. We rank first in the world in locking up our fellow citizens," said Ethan Nadelmann of the Drug Policy Alliance, which supports alternatives in the war on drugs.

"Why are so many people in prison? Blame mandatory sentencing laws and the record number of nonviolent drug offenders subject to them," she said.

Our epidemic of incarceration costs us taxpayers $63.4 billion a year. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3445_162-57418495/the-...

So if drugs were legal you could tax the product People wouldn't be locked up for using. People who smoke, drink or use drugs will get them legal or not. Why put money in the hands of gangsters. Didn't we learn anything from prohibition? So you would generate revenue you would save on incarceration a win -win situation