[Meet the New Boss]

No, that is the strawman argument that people like yourself put into the mouths of those who want to end the drug war.

Um, it's from the headline, dude:

"The "War on Drugs" has failed - time to consider legalisation?"

Actually I didn't say whether I wanted to end the drug war or not (talk about putting words into mouths!).

The argument that because outlawing something doesn't eliminate the outlawed activity, therefore we should get rid of the law, is absurd as a matter of logic.

[fr_freak]

Um, it's from the headline, dude:

The headline only says that is has failed. It doesn't say a thing about the manner in which it has failed, so pointing to the headline as some kind of response is a failure of logic in itself. I consider the War on Drugs in the US a failure precisely because it has resulted in a degradation of the rule of law, not necessarily because it has failed to stop drug use.

Also, though the article is about the UK, the discussion on this thread (as with all drug discussions) has gone into general terms to include the experience with the War on Drugs in the US, and that includes your post. So, if you make an expansive statement about the War on Drugs, expect expansive responses. But feel free to repeat your easily-disputed straw man argument over and over as many times as you need to.