You can only transfer so many people into other duties (on the same job) before you reach a point where people are now just getting paid to sit and do nothing.
So the real question is how many people are employed by the war-on-drugs, and how many of them can be re-asigned, and how willing will they be to let this happen.
So the real question is how many people are employed by the war-on-drugs, and how many of them can be re-asigned, and how willing will they be to let this happen.