Completely and utterly agreed.
And no - I’m not soft on drug use.
Funny thing: you cannot be a Constitutionalist and support the War on Drugs for the simple reason that all authority for the War on Drugs is usurped and clearly outside the bounds of the Constitution. (Even precedent, which I hate because it is elevated above the Constitution, shows the War on Drugs to be illegitimate with the presence of amendments 18 and 21.)
I had a rather lengthy discussion about this with one of our local officers a couple of years ago. I didn't change his mind, but he admitted it was something he should think about.
The entire drug war is founded on precidents that came about because of Amendment XVIII. Once the amendment was repealed, the entire foundation should have collapsed, but because our government has been out of control for decades this has never happened.