INTERESTING: the War on Drugs has “little discernible impact on the drug trade”

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17438347/how_america_lost_the_war_on_drugs/6

How America Lost the War on Drugs
After Thirty-Five Years and $500 Billion, Drugs Are as Cheap and Plentiful as Ever: An Anatomy of a Failure.
Ben Wallace-Wells
Posted Nov 27, 2007

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Even by conservative estimates, the War on Drugs now costs the United States $50 billion each year and has overcrowded prisons to the breaking point – all with little discernible impact on the drug trade.

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Isn’t insanity defined as doing more of the same and expecting different results?

Don’t need a long article to say you can NOT stop someone from using drugs. All you can do is minimize the harm to others.

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