They are trying to control the media, they are trying to pass laws that will restrict the Internet on drug related issues, and they are even more resistant to even talking about legalization options. Most of the organized effort to legalize drugs comes from marijuana users and their organizations. Although some of the proposals out there are for legalization of all illegal drugs, the ones most likely to be considered regard marijuana. Hundreds of thousands of people die from alcohol-related illnesses and accidents. Yet, neither of these is illegal for adults.
Tobacco is still legal and it causes thousands of deaths each year.
Marijuana is a very mild drug, it doesn't have near the dangerous medical side effects as alcohol and tobacco and yet it is still illegal. Maybe it is time to take a dispassionate look at whether the prohibition of marijuana should be stopped.