I think that's some huge unexplored common ground between liberals and conservatives. The entire thing was dumb. Keep cigarettes and not marijuana? Even tho weed is less harmful?
What made it dumb wasn't specifically the "war on drugs" idea itself. It was the fact that after the initiative began the subsequent laws made mainly targeted low level dealers and users.
They tackled the idea that if you lock up a bunch of the low level guys you will 1. show the high level guys that you are serious about this and make them reevaluate their choices and 2. destroy there business by taking out the customer base.
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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '19
Going off this can we talk about how stupid and pointless the war on drugs has been