So is the WOD, but that was not the point. The point is that you are embracing LBJ-style constitutionalism. You have no constitutional argument against the War on Poverty.
The campaign to legalize drugs is based on the ignorance (and carelesness) of the consequences that that would have on this country.
Drug addiction is higher now than it was before prohobition efforts began in the early 1900's. Addiction actually declined from 1880 to 1900, before any federal control.
Conservatism means only BIG GUBMINT approved medications will do. Excuse me while I light up.
My first question to you is whether drug addiction is higher today because the population is also.
You say that the WOD is doomed just as the WOP was. You are wrong. Poverty still exists, and it will exist for more generations regardless of the now defunct LBJ approach. LBJ's policies increased poverty by encouraging people to have babies, seperate from their fathers, and live off of someone else's money, while many of them went on drugs.
Murder and theft is outlawed but it doesn't mean that it is hopeless to keep the law against it on the books just because someone will commit that crime again in the future. the WOD is the same - even though it is not a panacea. Its hard for small timers to understand how potent these legal restrictions really are.