[familyop]

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"...but in real life, replies Hart, 'I know tons of people who do drugs; they are public officials, captains of industry, and they're doing well. Drugs, including nicotine and heroin, make people feel better. That’s why they are used.'"

Tolerance of drug abuse is the reason for the bizarre behavior you're seeing in business and politics, people, especially the woke/BLM craze. There's no war on drugs. Societal and government tolerance for and promotion of drug abuse has been increasing for several decades.

[FreedomNotSafety]

“ There’s no war on drugs.”

I would modify that to “The war on drugs is not being fought to win”.

The police want to manage it in a way that maximizes their power and finding. Politicians on both sides want it managed and not ended so to extend their hold on their constituents.