Any middle school history student knows that prohibition did nothing but increase crime. It's time to end modern day prohibition against drugs and look for smart ways to deal with the root cause which is addiction.
Our prisons have filled with non-violent offenders and have become a huge burden on our economy. The prisons do nothing to rehabilitate addicts and only serve to produce more violent repeat offenders.
The problem has only been made worse by the utter collapse of America's mental health system.