It's ironic that as the US has desperately tried to control certain drugs deemed illegal in the same time period we've seen an explosion of corporate sponsored

It's ironic that as the US has desperately tried to control certain drugs deemed illegal in the same time period we've seen an explosion of corporate sponsored drug addiction in the form of prescription medicine being distributed under the guise of health care. Along with, of course, the long standing American love of alcohol and tobacco. It's just too hypocritical and pointless from a public health standpoint to maintain the war on drugs while the government gives their blessing to other substances that basically offer the same effects or are as harmful, or more harmful, than ones tightly controlled and highly illegal. Sadly the war on drugs is the best example of a slow moving mistake. I still think we're many years (decades) away from any real common sense reform to US drug law. People for the most part cannot accept that a bottle of gin and a neatly sealed prescription drug container are worse than a bag of pot and easily as dangerous as crack or heroin if you happen to mix them together in the right quantities.