That would be nice. If Bob Barr can come around, anything can happen. People are thirsting for effective solutions that don't involve multi-billion dollar price tags.

... he considers the war on drugs a "moral issue". Barr has no moral compulsions. IN. big pharma has always backed Souder ,but he'll need them more than ever this year.LOSER!

To say Bob Barr has no moral compulsions on the "drug war" issue or any other is ludicrous. We all do.

So goes the careers of those who’ve made the drug war their only pitch for fame and fortune in politics.

The realities of the Drug War are quickly metastasizing in the remote recesses of the public consciousness.  For drug warrior politicians such as Mark Souder, support for cannabis prohibition is now like hitching your political wagon to a boat anchor and pushing it off the end of a pier.

Giordano

and ask why he isn't proud enough of his accomplishments as a drug warrior to reveal his "battle scars" to his constituency? It's obviously not because he's "winning" or that the problem has gone away. It's important that everyone take these drug warriors to task on their past actions, and to let them know, even if we don't live in Indiana (thank God) that the end is near for Prohibitionists and Drug Warriors!

....It ain't over til it's over.

Mexico's prohibition-related violence this year -- are the cartel wannabes: "Violent urban gangs control most retail-level drug distribution nationally, and some have relocated from inner cities to suburban and rural areas. Moreover, gangs are increasing their involvement in wholesale-level drug distribution, aided by their connections with Mexican and Asian DTOs."While the violence of the cartels and the gangs is deplorable, the NDIC assessment makes no effort to address its root cause: the regime of drug prohibition. Instead it conflates the harms associated with prohibition (fighting the drug trade) with those associated with drug use or abuse.That conceptual confusion is evident from the very beginning of the annual report. In the first paragraph of its summary, the report observes that: "The trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs inflict tremendous harm upon individuals, families, and communities
throughout the country. wholesale lingerieThe violence, intimidation, theft, and financial crimes carried out by drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), criminal groups, gangs, and drug users in the United States pose a significant threat to our nation. The cost to society from drug production, trafficking, and abuse is difficult to fully measure or convey