Law enforcement seizes a small percentage of drugs being smuggled into the country, and drug traffickers simply send more to compensate for what is seized. Now, according to federal officials, small fortunes in illegal narcotics are washing up on Texas beaches with increased frequency after being dumped by smugglers. They say it's mostly cocaine, followed by marijuana and methamphetamine.

The Texas Coalition for Compassionate Care, Texas NORML, and Medcan University are lobbying legislators in hopes of reforming Texas’ marijuana laws. The organizations don't agree on strategy, however, with the TCCC pushing only for a limited law allowing medical use as a defense against criminal charges, and the others seeking broader legalization that would include permitting and regulating sales outlets.

Drug prohibition violence usually tends to negatively affect business, but that's not the case with businesses involving bulletproofing cars. Fourteen armoring companies are certified by Mexico's federal government, and business is getting better by the day.

One of drug prohibition's many unintended consequences is negative effects on children lives. Reason.tv's Ted Balaker sat down with Franklin to discuss how battling drug dealers in Baltimore turned him against the war on drugs and why ending prohibition would improve safety for children, as well as the rest of us.