[Dr Warmoose]

I could solve the drug problem in about 2 years

What are you some sort of Muslim?

Everybody knows that the cure for this nation's drug addiction is to decriminalize it. Make it legal, and it will dry up overnight!

[Antoninus]

What are you some sort of Muslim?

No, I'm just not an idiot.

Everybody knows that the cure for this nation's drug addiction is to decriminalize it. Make it legal, and it will dry up overnight!

Appeals to authority (everybody? hardly) notwithstanding, decriminalization would be an absolute nightmare. Read about what China was like before opium was outlawed in the 1840s if you want some idea. And I say this as someone who had a relative on death-row for dealing drugs and killing a cop.

Drugs are a plague on society and should be dealt with accordingly. We're losing the War on Drugs for the same reasons we lost Vietnam. We're fighting with one hand tied behind our backs. If we had the cojones to adopt the suggestions I outlined above, the "Drug War" would be over in short order.