Local and State law enforcement immediately began to advocate for a repeal of Section 6077. The argued (and admitted) that law enforcement agencies were circumventing local/state laws, but, without the benefits of forfeitures, they would not be working as hard to enforce drug laws. This included the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina admitting that law enforcement would focus on criminal convictions instead, were they not incentivized to pursue drug crimes due to the gains from asset forfeiture.