I got your point but you simply can't compare smoking a joint or some kid selling a quarter ounce of pot with murder and rape. If drug prohibition was ended so called "drug crimes" would mainly be victimless crimes. Sure it sounds like we're giving up on a portion of the population but personally I don't think it's worth what we're spending on trying to save these people from themselves. Not to mention what the WOD has cost us in constitutional protections and freedom.
The only real cure for drug abuse is education that we can't afford while we're busy supporting this industry that basically preys on people's weakness. Make no mistake about it the WOD supports the criminals because without it they would have no incentive to be in this business.
More of a case of financially supporting murder and rape. What's a man that goes to a whore house full of women that were forced into prostitution guilty of? If society treated drug use with the scorn it deserves, then kids wouldn't think, "its just a joint".