[A CA Guy]

You are giving the pot warriors theme. You can’t stop it, so go with it.
I disagree, we also try to stop theft, murder and rape. I think those will never go away either.

[ConservingFreedom]

you apparently don't know that alcohol Prohibition has been tried, over the opposition of the conservatives of the day, and proved to cause more ills than it cured.

You are giving the pot warriors theme. You can’t stop it, so go with it.

No, that's not my argument. My argument is closer to: When in a hole, stop digging.

I disagree, we also try to stop theft, murder and rape. I think those will never go away either.

Two-thirds of murders are solved - the proportion of drug "crimes" that are even detected is assuredly orders of magnitude smaller.