Buckdog

I'm afraid there is little political will to change the "war on drugs" now. The US uses their wars as a deterrent from any social domestic issues; that includes their war on drugs.

Interesting to think so much political effort goes into the war on drugs in the US, yet in Afghanistan the drug lords are b(l)ooming like never before.

Without significant policital change in the US's political system (which is going to take decades) not much change is expected when it comes to maintaining old wars (drugs, Iraq) or inventing new (Iran) ones. It get's, to say the least, tiring, and the American people pay big bucks for their wars (not to speak about the victims of war).

On the other hand, Canada could make a lot of money from their drug industry through legalisation and taxation. That's going to take a while too, especially with Conservatives governments who like to turn back the clock about 50 years on anything.

Too true. Gotta keep "drugs" tied to "morality" issues so we can keep the lines clear between the good Christians and the godless liberals.

To stop doing so would open the door to dangerous possibilities. People might begin to notice things like lack of healthcare, sky high rates of incarceration, murder rates that rival Columbias, etc.

Can't have folks dwelling on those things.