[bushidomosquito]

Take a look at what happened in the 20s with prohibition. Here is this perfectly legal substance that many enjoy and a few abuse and the political climate at the time had a moral objection to people using it. So they decide to impose their morals on the entire country by making criminals out of ordinary people. The result was motivated young men driving around in fancy cars and shooting at each other with automatic weapons. After 10 years it was apparent that people were going to drink one way or another and the added crime was clearly a result of the law imposed.

Now we have prohibition on a number of substances and the result once again is motivated young men driving around in fancy cars and shooting at each other with automatic weapons. It is apparent that people will use drugs no matter what the law says and the stiffer the penalty, the harder they fight to avoid arrest. Hell, the end of the drug war could mean the end of gun control as well since so much crime is drug related.