Is the War on Drugs Worth Waging?

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2. Some of the many awful things that the war on drugs is doing:

Costing our nation a fortune in imprisoning people. Many of whom are simply self medicating.

Keeping our police, banking and public officials more and more corrupt as time goes by.

Forcing the average citizen away from any real "civil rights." And let's be honest - it is even worse for people of color. Far too many police jurisdictions have patrol officers who assume that non-whites have no ability to be driving in a fancy car, unless they are dealing drugs. So those folks bear a lot more hassle on account of the drug laws.

The average citizen is now forced to undergo drug testing - even if there is no real reason for a file clerk to "need" to be "marijuana free." The zero tolerance policy is keeping decent people out of the work force.