Hey why don’t we change a few laws and eliminate a few huge government agencies, eliminate the government’s excuse to surveil everyone and the ability to persecute and jail millions of people at will, eliminate the incredibly profitable business of private prisons and eliminate the easy money streams which inevitably end up wetting the pockets of government officials on all levels.

This is a lot of power to give up.

The people whose jobs benefit from prohibition have a lot of say in this matter and they don’t look eager to unemploy themselves.

I think ending the war needs to come with viable solutions for them.

We can see that cannabis prohibition is slowly ending. I’m curious how will the prohibition industrial complex adjust.

Remember how the DEA keeps testifying about cannabis totally deserving a schedule 1 status? (https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.entrepreneur.com/amphtml/31...)

They’re basically answering the question “do you want to stay employed?”

And the answer is “yes, absolutely, without a doubt.”

Similarly, we can’t go to Saudi Arabia/Canada/Russia/Us etc. and say “Hey, let’s stop extracting oil. It’s not good for the environment. Yes, it’s free money for you, but we want you to stop.”

Except that hopefully oil is getting less profitable. Drug prohibition will always be.