Big problem at the state level, in some states anyway. Need to end the practice at the federal level too.
As more and more states decriminalize and legalize marijuana, there will be less of that practice. Of course the Federal government could solve that one all at once. There will be less agreement on decriminalizing other drugs.
"You're just trying to encourage drug use & addict our children! Asset forfeiture plays an essential role in keeping our nation free from drugs, & here you are spreading this poison, blah, blah, blah...".
The evil part were the police who partnered with the fed so they could use federal civil forfeiture rules to seize property that state law wouldn’t let them.