01-09-2019, 04:01 PM
NPR had an interview with the Coast Guard Commandant this morning. I heard an interesting stat from him, that I had not heard before. The agency that has confiscated the most drugs in the history of the country, is the Coast Guard and it isn’t even close. He pointed out that they are stopping shipments weighed in tons, vs what is stopped at border crossing in ounces and pounds. Looks like instead of a wall, we need more Coast Guard funding and ships, who btw are not getting paid right now due to the shutdown. So, if the point of the shutdown is to reduce drugs, not paying the people that actually stop more drugs than anybody else, is a pretty silly way to show it.
