The resources used to fight the Drug War could be better put to use policing real criminals and dealing with real criminal problems. Think of how much money and resources it took in 2007 to arrest, incarcerate and process the 800,000 citizens arrested for marijuana related offenses alone! It’s truly mind boggling! A total waste of tax dollars!

Illegal drug use continues to rise, no matter how many resources we throw at it. It’s time to try a different approach, one which focuses more on helping drug abusers to find ways of living without drugs. See the source link for a supporting report by the Brookings Institution and former Mexican President Ernesto Zedilla.

That’s it, I have had it. There comes a time when the scale finally tips and you come down on one side or the other of an issue. Today is the day. I can no longer support the war. Too many people have died. It costs too much. It’s hypocritical and politically motivated. And if that were not enough, it has gone on for too long with inadequate results.
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Ending the Drug War, would produce a Country of Moron, We got to get Toughs on Drug. Not less

That’s OK with me. Its the Kids that I’m concerned about, and we all pay for the Crime that comes with drugs.

The very act of criminalizing drug use has been the catalyst for creating the actual criminals who cash in on the illegal markets.

End the drug war, treat it as a health problem in order to sort out those who are really the criminals and end their monopoly… street gangs, mafias and drug cartels would be greatly reduced if not completely extinguished!

Obama can’t & won’t “End the drug war,” but he could:
*Legalize medical marijuana.
*Take over/eliminate the pharmaceutical industry’s influence in Partnership for a Drug Free America.
*Effectively decriminalize possession of small amounts, move savings to treatment.
*Legalize industrial hemp production.
*End Federal punishments to states that do one of the above.

to being a free citizen. So long as Alcohol and Tobacco are legal, making any substance illegal is hypocrisy. Instead, focus on actions taken under the influence of any substance. For example you have a right to drink, but you cannot endanger others by drinking and driving. The same analogy applies to drugs. If you wish to pop pills, go for it. But, do not let pill popping endanger my kids.