>Perhaps it's time to declare this a war to save the (potential) addicts and act accordingly. The Wars on Terror, Drugs and Poverty have all been abject failur

>Perhaps it's time to declare this a war to save the (potential) addicts and act accordingly. The Wars on Terror, Drugs and Poverty have all been abject failures. War is a terrible metaphor for this problem. War implies at least some semblance of a defined enemy. The issues here are interconnected and require nuanced discussion and debate. Simply calling it a war will not get the people of Seattle that.