[Protagoras]

Never in recorded history has drug legalization prohibition worked.

There I fixed that for you as well.

[RinaseaofDs]

Yeah, I have to agree.

I was in the USCG for 10 years, and we couldn't make a dent. Add to this the fact that the people most vehemently opposed to legalization are terrorist groups, the mob, and the cartels.

The profit on illegal drugs is something like 1500%. The industry that comes next in profitability is Legal Pharma at around 22%.

Making marijuana and cocaine legal would pretty much wipe out that particular industry for the bad guys. Terrorism, drugs, the mob, prisons as academies for criminal education, etc. - they are all linked.

I seriously don't know the answer here, but I do know that the WOD is expensive in the extreme, and we keep losing. It's coming in now by submarine sometimes.

I do know that economically, legalization would destroy the drug industry for criminals.

[Landru]

"There I fixed it for you. Welcome to the 1920's...There I fixed that for you as well."

HA!!

...a real "fix-it" kinda guy, eh. {g}