United States: Should we end the war on Drugs?

[barneystinson69]

mornelithe said:

barneystinson69 said:

Just like the iraq war, trillion's of dollars spend for nothing. I'm not a fan of weed, but the cost of trying to keep it off the street is just far too much for it to be worth. It being legalized could save 10s of billions of dollars every year. Though then again, I'm not american, so...

In fact, it could do the exact opposite, as it's clearly started doing in Washington and Colorado.  The potential tax windfall could fund education and prevention programs if it's legalized countrywide.  I can appreciate your view, and I basically look at it the same way I do cigarettes or alcohol.  Neither are particularly useful to society but trying to ban them is a fools errand, and far more expensive in just about every way.

What do you mean? I'm supportive of legalizing it. For what its worth, better for someone to be taking weed than taking heroin. And like I said, the billions of dollars that could be saved from it. That money could be used to reduce the deficit, or be put back in other parts of the economy.