[isaacremuant]

If a crime is "having drugs" then the war on drugs criminalizes something that maybe shouldn't be criminalized.

If the intent is to help combat drug use then putting a user in prison and ruining his and his family's life doesn't seem like the way to do it. Not to talk about the crime it generates when a business that WILL happen doesn't have any other means to compete than with violence.

There's a great discussion between Glenn Greenwald and former Bush Drug Czar:

https://vimeo.com/32110912 (Janus Forum - Should the US Legalize Drugs?)