welcome to the rant and rave 20

welcome back. lets, go off on the " war on drugs ". when the hell is our gov. going to realize that this is a lost cause? much like prohibition,the "war on drugs " is so much bullshit. this is a cause, or fight, that will NEVER be "won". as long as we [ Americans ] desire to use drugs, this saga will never end. by making drugs illegal, all we are doing, is giving the criminals, a way to make massive amounts of money. just like Prohibition. I realize that the powers that be, use this as a way to show that they are staunch believers in sobriety. this is just more bullshit on the political trail. the " fight " gives the law enforcement community, a massive amount of money to spend. as long as the states, keep getting all this federal money, it ensures that more, and more people are employed. the fact, that the billions we spend on this "war ", simply put more people on payrolls, is the true reason behind this fight. I mean, lets get real here, on this subject. If the "war" IS ever won, what will happen to the hundreds of thousands of cops on the payroll? if we take the billions of dollars we spend on this war, and put it into rehab, and education programs, we will have a better chance of winning a victory. this means, the true way to victory is, to LEGALIZE, drug possession. if the GOVERNMENT, will BUY, SELL, and otherwise CONTROL total import and taxation of these substances. then they will cut out all the gangs, street dealers, and probably most of the violence, that come along with the drug trade. the government can buy, and sell these drugs MUCH cheaper than is now the case. they can then, TAX it, like liquor. if you look at the stats,on our prison populations,you quickly realize that over 60% of all those, now behind bars are there for DRUG CHARGES!!!! these range from simple possession, to dealing, and all in between. the cost to keep these people in prison's, is staggering. a Conservative estimate, is over $30,000 PER INMATE. that is more than, a goodly amount of our population earn in one year of WORK. there is more than 1% of the American population, now incarcerated. this is the highest in the world. at that estimate, it comes to over, 2.6 MILLION prisoners. at $30,000 a pop, that's one hell of a lot, of OUR money being wasted. just imagine, what could be done for our country with that money. at least this way,[ legalizing drugs ] the only ones to be hurt,are those THAT CHOOSE, to use them [ drugs ]. by selling, and TAXING, these drugs, the US gov. will stand to put BILLIONS, INTO our nations coffers , NOT SPEND billions, in what is obviously a lost cause. all that the prohibition, of alcohol did in the 30's was create, and support the gangster lifestyle. this is now being played out, on a much greater scale, than those, bad old days. we need to heed the lessons learned in the past,and change our ways. so for now.... I'm fury, and I'm still pissed.