Seems to me the real question that must be addressed is this; As we live in a 'free' country, where people should have the right to do as they wish absent harms to others, the government should be able to show an overwhelming social need for the restriction of any freedoms. They should also be required to prove that the curtailment of freedom is resulting in results consistent with that overwhelming social need. Too often, the arguments for the continuance of this drug war are a mishmash of lies, half lies, misinformation, bombast and hyperbole. We must redefine it or we will continue to lose.