I am not a radical - I am ex-drug warrior. I used to believe in banning (some) drugs until I was forced to the conclusion that the drug wars were more dangerous to our civil rights than the druggies!
This stance was dragged out of me.
One of the reasons Prohibition was repealed was it simply became a war the government could no longer afford to fight. But this nonsense of ‘’The War on Drugs’’ is all about money. Follow the money. Stripped of all emotion drugs are a commodity and that means money. When you have a problem that involves money you get control of the money and then you will get control of the problem. You said you were a ‘’Drug Warrior’’, I’m assuming you were in law enforcement? If this is the case and not to be a smart ass but did you ever find a drug dealer that asked kids for id?