Why The War on Drugs?

If the government wants to gain more power and authority, all it has to do is make the public believe that more power is needed and justified. Thus, it 'creates' a 'problem', and tells the people all about it.

People start believing this, and the fake problem becomes 'real.' After the govt. establishes the 'problem,' it promotes itself as being the 'solution.' People buy it, and the govt continues promoting the 'real' 'problem' as getting 'worse.' Repeat cycle.

Conservatives see it as a moral issue, and liberals see it as unconstitutional. While technically true, the constitution is paper, and can't raise taxes and campaign to promote it's importance. (Smacks of anything but fair-representation of the people, doesn't it?)

But the government sees it as none of these issues. Rather, it's a way to maintain dominance. The War on Drugs ('The War on _____' for that matter) is better commercial marketing than anything else. But there's a catch:

Unless, private enterprise feels it can make money off of certain drugs. Then, it becomes okay. Cannabis can't be copyrighted, but Benadryl can. Try taking 20 Benadryl and see how you feel.

And it's perfectly legal to buy.