The users like that the drugs can be found
The enforcers have a job that is exciting and makes them feel good.
The politicians can rant and rave
The dealers make lots of money
Smugglers and growers have short thrilling lives and also make lots of money.
Everyone likes the status quo except maybe the taxpayers, but even they believe that their tax money is going to hold the level of usage down.
Which hasn't happened at all. The WOD's imho, has been a huge failure, a waste of taxpayer's money. Drugs are still available everywhere in the country. Meth labs are a rural favorite, kids are getting high in every city and town in this country. And we're still throwing money at it, like it's working. Maybe initially, it did some good, but now, forget it. Like I said earlier, until the government can develop a way to earn money from changing the way it is now, nothing will change. And we'll still have these interesting drug war threads.