Doublethink. As an economic conservative I understand the law of supply and demand. If a product is in demand a supply, legal or illegal, will always be found. That was true during Prohibition, it's true in the phony War on Drugs, and it will be true if guns are ever "outlawed."
The only certain way to end the deluge of drugs into the U.S. and the human tragedies they create is for Americans to "kick the habit." But that's hard, and at least since the end of WWII our people have always demanded the "easy way." So we have a totally ineffective War on Drugs and are focused on keeping the cartels under control rather than tackling the essential job of preventing drug addiction in the first place.
The culture war pushes drug consumption.
Can’t encourage kids to “kick the habit” or “just say no” when their peers, mentors, and elected leaders are saying “yes! yes! yes!”.
“What are you? SQUARE?”
Keep them dumb and dependent.
That is the problem, and now we have a government which - through its pro-drug legalization policies - is encouraging drug addiction and dependency.
But it’s much easier to control a drugged population than a conscious one, so I guess it all works to Obama’s advantage.