Just look at all the flak and abuse you've taken here. It makes my heart sad. All the usual crap and on top of the misery you've seen and personally tried to help.
"but what about booze, it causes misery and it's legal..."
"but jail is not the answer..."
"but people who OD are making a free choice...."
"but we aren't winning the WOD so we need to surrender and try to make terms...."
"but it costs too much and we could be spending the money on other things..."
"but we should just accept it and make it legal and tax it..."
Again I say God Bless You and keep speaking up. If a "senior government official" makes a cautious statement that we are making progress, why in the world is everyone ready to negate that...? I fear for our society if Kerry and Soros are elected.
Because his own statistics show that it is all wishful self-delusion, that is why. If the street price is not rising, if quality is not being reduced, then guess what. Economics 1A teaches you that supply is remaining pretty stable.
Do you think we should put an end to the misery caused by alchololism by making it illegal and waging a war against it, or do you agree with the descision "to surrender and try to make terms" as you put it?
Government has said the same thing many times before. Almost exact same wording. Its not a hard piece of propaganda to spot.