> Drugs do harm. It's not about tee-totalling nerds obsessing over out-dated sensibilities. The US's policy on drugs is an ideological one, not a pragmatic one

> Drugs do harm. It's not about tee-totalling nerds obsessing over out-dated sensibilities. The US's policy on drugs is an ideological one, not a pragmatic one. 1. Animals (not just humans) like to get fucked up. It's basically human nature to do drugs. (For reference, 70% of US adults have at least one drink each year.) 2. Policing substances (as opposed to treating it as a health issue with regulated supply) is ineffective and known to cause crime, destroy lives, etc. The US chooses the less effective method for ideological reasons. My point is that Mexico would be a disaster because of a US ideological choice to fight a war with human nature, rather than work pragmatically with it, regardless of outside interference. This takes on the dimensions of an actual war in Mexico, between people looking to fill that supply through illicit channels and the ideologues looking to stop the supply. That one side is a spontaneous reply to market forces is what's sustained the conflict, since there is no "winning" as long as the demand exists. Throwing a cup of gasoline on a forest fire isn't really changing the outcome.