March 12, 2009 4:48PM 

# End Drug War and Save $77 Billion 

By [Tim Lynch](https://www.cato.org/people/tim-lynch) 

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Harvard Economist Jeff Miron tells CNN that the drug laws make no sense.

On March 17, Cato will be hosting an event about [The Politics and Science of Medical Marijuana](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=5302). One of our guest speakers, Rob Kampia of the Marijuana Policy Project, was recently interviewed by Glenn Beck.

For more Cato work on the drug war, go [here](https://www.cato.org/subtopic_display_new.php?topic_id=10&ra_id=9).

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[Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) 

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