“It’s not ignored at all. The point you are missing is that the War on Drugs doesn’t do much of anything to mitigate any of those effects, in fact, I would say it only exacerbates them.”
I see. So in the world you inhabit the war on drugs actually increases drug use.
BTW, I think we have all noticed the social benefits conferred upon us by Bath Salts, which as far as I know are perfectly legal. But then face-eating is pretty common among non drug users, who are noted for their irrational behavior.
“So in the world you inhabit the war on drugs actually increases drug use.”
I did not say it increased drug use, but that it exacerbates the negative effects. It turns drugs into expensive commodities, which encourages illegal behavior by drug users to get money to obtain those expensive commodities. The profits from those commodities fund the activities of criminal gangs, which engage in all sorts of other criminal and antisocial behavior. Drug users are also funneled into the criminal world and penal system, which just encourage them to engage in other kinds of crimes as well. All of those things result from the War on Drugs.