Critics Call College Bust 'Ridiculous, Nonsensical Waste'

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"It would be different if they picked one or two of the worst offenders, or if there was violence involved, but what is the point of this? Don't they have anything better to do than go after college kids?" asked Ethan Nadelmann, founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, which promotes alternatives to the war on drugs.

Nadelmann said the DEA should prioritize major international violent drug trafficking groups over college students, the vast majority of whom he says do not go on to be drug addicts or dealers. "This bust could have happened at hundreds and hundreds of campuses across the nation."

Nadelmann said the bust will cost taxpayers millions of dollars in court and prosecutorial fees and "will hobble these young people for the rest of their lives, inhibiting them from becoming contributing members of society," he said. "Anyone who has gone to college knows there were always students who would deal drugs and who subsequently went on to prestigious careers in law, law enforcement, medicine and politics."...

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I don't think they understand how "ridiculous" they sound.

"Anyone who has gone to college knows there were always students who would deal drugs and who subsequently went on to prestigious careers in law, law enforcement, medicine and politics."...

That's our problem. I'm glad they busted them and I hope they go to all the campuses.

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