If you use before changing the law then you are funding and supporting the most brutal, bloodthirsty and despicable criminals and share in the blame for the death and destruction of the druggies and their suppliers.
My son, a Border Patrol Agent, had many run in with cartels, too include Mexican Army soldiers on the payroll of the cartels. Been ambushed and injured, all by druggies coming north. So, like I said, if you want to use, legalize first otherwise you are supporting those that attack (and sometimes kill), our citizens, from Boarder Patrol Agents to innocent civilians on the street.
Who said anything about wanting to use? I am in favor of repealing the laws in order to combat social effects, not so I can use. I also don’t smoke, but I’m opposed to laws against public smoking. Just because someone opposes restrictive laws in the name of freedom doesn’t mean that opposition is based on self-interest.
But I don't use illegal drugs, yet somehow the cartels still seem to be able to earn money from supplying drugs. Why is there still demand? Perhaps the law-abiding are not the problem? Gee, I wonder if the cartels have a vested interest in maintaining things as they are? To the degree of supporting the status quo ad infinitum?
I on the other hand have a vested interest in not supporting a police state hell-bent on making the life of a law-abiding person impossible. Frankly the so-called "war on drugs" seems to be run in the "liberal" style, ie milked forever as a source of power over the law-abiding with no end in sight, just continued pointless escalation somehow enabling both the prosecutor and the outlaw to prosper at the expense of freedom. Change the law now, that's what I say!
Probably the only thing that could help Mexico now is for the US to invade and create a frontier all the way to Veracruz. And that's a sad state of affairs for the Mexicans, especially for the people who won't be in the frontier zone.