[B.O. Plenty]

You have been reading my posts.

I have been saying the same thing for as long as I have been posting on FR...and even before.

My contention is that there are 2 ways to win the "wod"...1) summary execution for all who use or sell drugs, or....gasp....2) legalization. There is nothing in between.

I always get beat up for legalization...but why can't we can treat druggies like we have drunks since the beginning of time?

[robertpaulsen]

Actually, there is a third way. A realistic way. We do it with unemployment numbers. When we reach around 95% employment, we declare that to be "full" employment, given that there are around 5% who either can't or won't work.

When it comes to drugs, we need to admit that there will be a certain number of people who are going to use drugs no matter what we do. As with unemployment, we need to pick a number -- say 5%.

When we reach that number we declare victory then spend only enough each year to maintain that number.