In other words, no thinking. Instead, reliance on what was memorized in public schools. Thus, it is not surprising that even though the drug war has been a manifest failure in terms of its purported goals, American public-school graduates continue to support it. Drug abuse is worse than it was 25 years ago. There are more drug dealers than ever before, despite the arrests of thousands of them during the past several decades.
Taxes continue to soar to pay for the war.
Seizures of assets are skyrocketing. Laws that invade privacy are multiplying. Gang wars are getting worse. Drug-war deaths continue to rise. Penitentiaries are overflowing.