Please go to the site,
<http://www.justicetalking.org/viewprogram.asp?progID=159> and take the
poll, "Is the taking of property of suspected drug dealers an effective
deterrent or just a financial windfall for government?"

Right now, 76% of the respondents say that it is a "financial windfall for
government".

Of course our government could care less what we think in this country even
though it is widely rumored that our country is somewhat of a democracy.

While you are at the site, you might try listening to the debate between
Stefan Cassella, one of your "civil servants", and Eric Blumenson, a
professor at Suffolk University Law School. I tried but got an error. The
title of the debate is, "Confiscation Casualties of The Drug War", which
apparently was aired on NPR back in November, 2000.

Leon



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