“The War on Burglary has failed even worse in the UK. They might as well take that off the books too while they’re at it.”
Here’s the difference: burglaries have victims. If justice doesn’t demand drug laws and the only point is social engineering, you expect at least for it to work. If everyone who wants to can get high despite the law, what is the point?
Agreed.
Remember Carrie Nation and the WCTU?
Remember the 18th Amendment? Roaring 20s? 21st Amendment to repeal it?
Ever read the Federal Racketeering Statutes? Because the Prohibition of Alcohol was what Created the Crime Syndicates which Created the Racketeering Laws, AND the Expansion of the unholy Commerce Clause fits Everything rule.
Read Sec 1958. Interstate Commerce Facilities.
http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/18C95.txt
I’ve known potheads, and while I wouldn’t lend them money, as a class they rarely commit armed robbery to keep them in dope.