[Antoninus]

If we were to legalize drugs we would save trillions of dollars and see crime drop by 50% or more — both inside of a month.

Exactly like China did in the 1840s. Oh, wait...

A Disgraceful Little War ~ The Opium War and Commissioner Lin

[freedumb2003]

>>Exactly like China did in the 1840s. Oh, wait...<<

That sounds more like the effects of alcohol on American Indians.

Until the 1970s there were no laws against drugs in the USA. Why were we not a stoned society?

It was only when LSD and the like co-joined the hippie movements that Society decided we needed to Stop This.

Now we imprison thousands and spend trillions in a meaningless war against an invisible enemy.