I agree the War on Drugs is really a voter and general population suppression effort. However while __historically__ what you say did happen, and I do NOT deny it happened, I DISAGREE that it forever bans a properly implemented system that includes true empowerment of an informed and well educated voting population. For what I want to see, again, refer to my original post.
We have hundreds of historic examples here of how allowing the denial of voting rights for any reason is an incredibly slippery slope, and it is rightfully banned except in a tiny number of instances (felons) that still need to be rectified. And yes, the war on drugs is itself a successful voter suppression effort -- make enough things illegal, and convict enough people of felonies, and you can meaningfully alter the make-up of the electorate. This has actually happened.