system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why do people keep saying the government is profiting on the war on drugs?

I just don't understand, from my perspective it would seem like they are pouring money into manpower to make drug busts and operate the prisons full of minor drug offenders. Where does the money come in, and why is it more than what could be made on taxation?
gpt
The raiding agency (DEA/local law enforcement) can keep any money/arms/vehicles seized during a drug bust. Don't know how the bureaucracy would benefit from it, though people point out general corruption and lobbying by private prisons.