Unfortunately for the rest of us, creating hordes of criminals is advantageous for politicians. At some point, the rare newspaper editorial which even hints that drug prohibition is a failed policy might blabber off onto some tangent about how we're all responsible, because, after all, we vote these people into office. In virtually every election, every candidate looks like every other candidate. The Republican and Democrat machines collaborate to assure that drug prohibition is not even a topic for debate, unless it's to argue over which candidate agrees with the other more about how tough we need to get on drug dealers. We can no longer allow the politicians to get away with simply proclaiming their good intentions.
All good things come at a price.
Next time you run into your friendly local statehouse toady chumming for votes, ask him or her why Veronica and Charity Bowers died.