I am a police officer and I am against the war on drugs.
Billions of taxpayer dollars are being spent on a endeavor that will never be won nor is there a plan to win it. It has become an industry unto itself, perpetually employing millions in government, the legal field, and all the supportive industries that used to not exist.
There have been more Constitutional challenges in the history of the document since the inception of the war on drugs and tens of thousands die every year because of the violence associated with it.
We cannot legislate morality and frankly, I am tired of American citizens, their animals and my fellow police officers being killed in this unending struggle.
Americans hate to lose fights. I know I do but this is a fight that cannot be won with the current methods. It would be cheaper, both in pecuniary and human capital, just to set up distribution points and issue it to abusers. No gang wars over sales turf, police raids will go back to what they should be for, going after the most violent in society, free up jail space so the most violent can be where they belong, instead of walking free.
“We cannot legislate morality ..”
I understand what you mean here but aren’t all laws simply the legislation of morality? Is not a murder charge the judicial enforcement of one of the Ten Commandments?