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by kabdib 4724 days ago
Some of the money, in some areas, certainly. Any idea how much?
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greedo 4724 days ago
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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