Every year, they ban more activities, and pass longer prison sentences , more forfeiture laws, and higher enforcement budgets. The next year they repeat this same ritual. Drug warriors write Anti-This Acts and Omnibus That Laws and forbid discussion of reform. Human rights violations and conflicts of interest within the prison and law enforcement industries are accepted as a regrettable aspect of doing war. Our government shows advanced symptoms of being addicted to its own Drug War.
Politicians habitually increase their drug law dosage.
Constantly looking for a stronger fix, they spend the nation into debt without getting satisfaction. Our leaders refuse to admit the destructive consequences of their behavior. Drug enforcement agents abuse the public trust. The media reinforce the negative behavior while living in morbid denial of their own role, like a co-dependent partner. Lost in the frenzy is a simple fact.