US Drug War statistics and source.
40 years now, longest war in US history.

Cost, 1 Trillion, the left and right on the same page.

AP IMPACT: After 40 years, $1 trillion, US War on Drugs has failed to ...
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13 May 2010 - MEXICO CITY - MEXICO CITY (AP) - After 40 years, the United States' war on drugs has cost $1 trillion and hundreds of thousands of lives, ...

The 40-Year War on Drugs - American Civil Liberties Union
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1 Jun 2011 - The 40-Year War on Drugs: It's Not Fair, and It's Not Working. ... declaration of a "war on drugs" - a war which has cost $1 trillion but produced ...


Interestingly, most of the heated diatribes about the evils of killer weed I have witnessed took place at a bar with the animated lecturer imbibing copious amounts of a "legal" drug.

Stats summary......
Death by Alcohol Vs. Weed, 23,199 to 0.

Total deaths Vs. deaths by other drugs, 2,436,652 to 37,485

Annual Causes of Death in the United States | Drug War Facts
http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Causes_of_Death

Cause of death1 Number

All causes 2,436,652

Cardiovascular diseases 779,367
Malignant neoplasms 568,668
Lack of Health Insurance3 44,789
Drug induced2 37,485
Suicide 36,547
Motor vehicle accidents 36,284
Septicemia (infections) 35,587
by Firearms 31,224
Accidental poisoning 30,504
Alcohol induced 23,199
Homicide 16,591
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 9,424
Viral hepatitis 7,652
Cannabis (Marijuana) 0