The U.S. tried very harsh punishment to stop drug use, the War on Drugs. It resulted in massive increases in incarceration; millions of innocent lives ruined (a

The U.S. tried very harsh punishment to stop drug use, the War on Drugs. It resulted in massive increases in incarceration; millions of innocent lives ruined (along with their families' lives); massive costs to society for law enforcement, prisons, crime and violence; and not much impact on drug use.