It long ago ceased being a war on drugs and became a full-employment act for the many who might otherwise have had to look elsewhere to apply their jackbooted tendancies.
Sadly, there has been no shortage of applicants willing to ply this anti-American trade amongst the various racial pimplitudes, which suggests that a career in law divorcement is dependent upon the perks that the state may make available, regardless the efficacy of the mission.
The "you win some-lose some", has been replaced with 'you lose all' and still get paid, not to mention the disability retirement coming your way should you qualify (which most will).
There has yet to be established a public function that receives so little support and yet such huge monetary(taxpayer) enrichment that can regularly fail in it's mission as the war on drugs and still be considered a legitmate appropriation of tax dollars.