You wrote: &quot;Most of this money comes from drug busts... not seized from John and Jane Doe for no reason&quot;<p>Yet, reports in the media [1] fit a common pattern: the officer encounters a person carrying several thousand dollars in cash, and takes it asserting it was drug related.  This assertion doesn&#x27;t require proof or even that the person involved be charged with a drug offence.<p>[1] John Oliver, Last Week Tonight, Oct 5, 2014 &#x2F;  <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=3kEpZWGgJks" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=3kEpZWGgJks</a>