the jimmymac attack!

In the 1920’s the USA tried to reduce and control alcohol consumption by outlawing it. Instead of reducing or stopping the use of alcohol the result was the out of control use and distribution of alcohol. The buying and selling of alcohol was in the hands of criminals. The police and government had little or no power over the control of alcohol use and abuse. Finally in 1933 the government ended the failed experiment.
Now in the twenty first century governments try to control the use of drugs by the prohibition of drugs. The result is out of control use and abuse of illegal drugs. The buying and selling of drugs is in the hands of the criminals. Like prohibition in the 1920’s the police try to stem the flow of illegal substances going from person to person but their efforts are futile. Faster than they can act the users and sellers are always ahead of the law. The whole process is doomed to fail and the users continue to get and use the illegal drugs. The users and drug addicts suffer and die from their addictions. The drug dealers sell and push their products onto the addicts without thought or conscience.
Illegal drugs need to be decriminalized and taken out of the hands of the drug dealers and put in the control of the government. Alcohol, tobacco and prescription drugs are handled this way. Why not all drugs? This would also enable the funds put into futile law enforcement into the regulation of the drugs and treatment for the drug addicts. Drug use and abuse is a health care issue and not a criminal issue.