I don't disagree with your most of your assessment, except that I do think we should abolish the the DEA. The war on drugs has been going on for 50 years. At so

I don't disagree with your most of your assessment, except that I do think we should abolish the the DEA. The war on drugs has been going on for 50 years. At some point, we have to admit that drugs won, and address the crisis in the most effective way based on the best, most recent information available to us, which is that addiction is a disease and one that can be effectively managed. 20 years ago, sure, who cares about the DEA, they put dope and guns on the table and largely stayed out of peoples way. Now, we have around 60k thousand deaths per year from the opiate crisis that reaches almost everyone in America. Law Enforcement has no solution, just carry around Narcan while drugs come in through every major port and postal facility in the country. Let the cops do what they are good at: reduce violence, enforce property rights and keep communities safe, but stay out of healthcare. Give the DEA the best grads, and that won't change the fact that they are working in a system where they simply don't have the power to stop two consenting individuals engage in a prohibited behavior.