By the middle of 1944, Japan and Germany had lost World War II. The smart thing for the Germans and Japanese to do would have been to seek peace. Instead, these countries continued in a useless prolongation of the war, causing thousands if not millions of useless deaths and tremendous destruction.
America needs to take a lesson from this. The War on Drugs has been fought hard and we have lost. It is time to declare defeat and try something else.
The drug laws are hurting people far more than the drugs themselves. Drugs do have a deleterious impact on an individual.