[fieldmarshaldj]

And, again, said profit motive could be made against all illegal narcotics. (We’re going in a circle here)

[NobleFree]

My ultimate goal is to stop pursuing a policy whose primary effect is to enrich criminals; if removing marijuana as a criminal profit source leaves us with a war on drugs that can actually be won, that's where legalization will end.

And, again, said profit motive could be made against all illegal narcotics.

Wrong - if the narrowed war on drugs could be won, then it would no longer be true that its primary effect is to enrich criminals.