Drugs are a case of SUPPLY driving demand. Ask any of the defeated during dry season.
Folks don't kill or rob or maim to obtain what they don't know they can GET. It's even THAT plain and simple.
But the real key is getting the stuff IN the country. Truly ... even if when I was in high school it was said pot was the biggest cash crop in Oklahoma ... we don't meet consumption HERE in the United States of ANY illegal drug.
What does that tell you?
How could we fail at that ... especially given our cooperative relationship with our primary opponents (in sophistication, commitment, etc. etc.) since 1989?
Doesn't add up.
We're Looking at them like Policemen ... These Guys are Cops with a Mission Similar to Ours