Yet the United States government with all its power will not do anything to help get this drug thing under control. Yep, Bill, you're absolutely right.
They refuse to do the only thing that will bring the drug problem under control -- LEGALIZE IT!
I've often wondered why we couldn't set up an agreement between columbia and large drug companies to purchase all stocks of illegal substances. Part of the agreement would set production standards and establish accountability with regard to purchasers. The government gets to "control" the substance and the "drug producer" becomes a legitimate business. If the producer violates his agreement then he doesn't get to sell his product to the drug company and goes back to battling the government all the while his competitors are raking in legally earned profits.
If the drug companies buy up all the supplies then availability on the open street goes down significantly. Eventually market economics would take over and the price of a Tylenol 3 would go down benefitting the WOD groupies that get a headache from all this nonsense.