Reply #8: What's he saying?

[Cartoonist]

Due to technical reasons, I can't read the rest of the article. The bit posted here gives me the impression that Hugh is unhappy. Instead of saying "coming to their senses" he says "waves white flag". Most distressing to me is the phrase "useless government expenditure being reassigned to the treatment of addicts". I guess he wants to continue the "the expenditure of billions of dollars and the violent deaths of tens of thousands of people".