“Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book”

Re:“Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book” by kabdib on Sunday July 07, 2013 @12:09PM (#6002349)

Some of the money, in some areas, certainly. Any idea how much?

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Re:“Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book” by greedo on Sunday July 07, 2013 @05:17PM (#6003521)

I don't have any figures for local municipalities, but US Attorneys have been pretty prosperous. In 2010, the seizure total for the Feds was over $1 billion.

http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/forfeiture

EDIT

This link is from 2008, but it seems to state that local governments get about $1 Billion/year also...

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9149048...

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