Editing Drug Enforcement Administration (section)

===Civil liberties===
Others, such as former Republican congressman Ron Paul, the [[Cato Institute]],<ref>{{cite web
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 |title       = The war on drugs
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 |publisher   = Cato Institute
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 |date        = August 12, 2004
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}}</ref> The [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lp.org/platform#1.1 |title=LIBERTARIAN PARTY PLATFORM |author=Libertarian Party |date=July 11, 2018 |author-link=Libertarian Party (United States) |access-date=January 14, 2016 |archive-date=September 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905224919/http://www.lp.org/platform#1.1 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[Drug Policy Alliance]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drugpolicy.org/about/mission/|title=Mission and Vision {{!}} Drug Policy Alliance|website=www.drugpolicy.org|access-date=May 3, 2007|archive-date=April 4, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070404073503/http://www.drugpolicy.org/about/mission/|url-status=live}}</ref> criticize the very existence of the DEA and the war on drugs as both hostile, and contrary, to the concept of [[civil liberties]] by arguing that anybody should be free to put any substance they choose into their own bodies for any reason, particularly when legal drugs such as alcohol, tobacco and [[prescription drug]]s are also open to addiction, and that any harm caused by a drug user or addict to the general public is a case of conflicting civil rights. Recurrently, billions of dollars are spent yearly, focusing largely on [[criminal law]] and [[demand reduction]] campaigns, which has resulted in the imprisonment of thousands of U.S. citizens.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/pressrel/pr021099.htm |title=News from DEA, News Releases, 02/10/99 |publisher=Usdoj.gov |access-date=August 31, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021030858/http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/pressrel/pr021099.htm |archive-date=October 21, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Demand for recreational drugs is somewhat static as the market for most illegal drugs has been saturated, forcing the cartels to expand their market to Europe and other areas than the United States.{{Citation needed|date=February 2008}} United States federal law registers cannabis as a Schedule I drug.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/scheduling.html |title=DEA, Drug Scheduling |publisher=Usdoj.gov |access-date=August 31, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020210309/http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/scheduling.html |archive-date=October 20, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>