Statism and the Drug War

The US federal government spent over $15 billion on the drug war last year. The point is, why isn't this an option for cutting? If we legalized drugs and taxed sales, we could easily start heading in the right direction towards balancing the budget. Republicans claim they want to cut spending, but moral imperialism is obviously not on the table. I do not consume drugs on a regular basis, but it's obvious that as long as somebody is consuming something in their private residence, there should be no legal consequences as long as no one else was harmed. Prohibition at least needed an amendment, the federal government is arrogant enough to wage this "war" without even bothering to look at the constitution. Not only does it hurt drug users, but it harms industry and home chemists who have a harder time purchasing chemistry equipment because of overregulation. The DEA pretty much has free reign to do anything it wants to find and arrest suspected drug producers, and the courts have repeatedly shown the 4th Amendment is no concern to them when prosecuting the victims of statist control. We need to realize that our bodies are private property, and the state cannot regulate what individuals put consume in private.

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Prohibition and the current war on drugs have proved that you can't win a war on an artificial substance that people want. As long as people understand the chemistry behind drugs, there will  be those to make them for profit. The only way to "win" the drug war would be to ban any chemical in drugs (protip: They're all very common) or turn into a police state. Neither of which sounds appealing.