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I agree the war on drugs has had little impact. It didn't stop my aunt from overdosing alone in a hotel room, my uncle self medicating over the grief of losing his mother and overdosing the night before her funeral, my other uncle from selling oxycontin for years (well, at least until he went to prison years later), or a cousin from supposedly holding up a dunkin donuts and then hiding in his dealer's house strung out leading to a SWAT shooting.
But, back on topic, I think it is a very good point that if we call it a "war on drugs", the officers must be soldiers. Not to mention that they are readily provided "weapons of war".
I don't necessarily have a problem with cops. They're people like you and me. But this is something to keep an eye on, I think.
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