Originally Posted by
donttread
Don't wait for me to link something, do a search. Try to find some modern example where a stricter war on drugs has made things better not worse. Then research the other way , which does have real world evidence of success. Believe it or not there is truly no intellectual argument. Decriminilization is pitching an empirical shutout. However, emotion, and special interest keep drugs highly illegal and keep big pharma, Segrams , Morticians, Prisions , government growers , cartels and street gangs happy. If the war on drugs was going to work it would have. But ask yourself how 40 years of tough drug policy has decreased access to drugs? Of course it hasn't. Despite my hatred of murderous prohibition I respect the Constitution enough to admit that the states have a right to make drug policy within their borders , but know enough to relaize that the feds have no such right.