US Government conducts two wars at once (Afghan War and Drug War), on the same turf, and gets lousy results from both.

But hey..., let's have 'em totally run the health care system.

"Pot is losing popularity". That is true, but there is always demand for quality for the medical users that have the doctor's note(the Doc's note is very important folks). The self medication of Jack Daniels is no substitute, so says the Doc.

If we continue the drug war for another decade or more one of three things will happen:
1] People will get disgusted with all the new more disgusting drugs like Crystal Meth and Crack Cocaine and call for an end.
2] People will get desensitized to all the new disgusting drugs developed by the slimeballs in the criminal world [not to be confused with the slimeballs in public office - most of whom wouldn't put a contract out on competitors or drug war critics].
3] Drugs will totally lose their appeal and demand will plummet among potential users. With thirty billion in drug ads promoting zero tolerance for discomfort this is totally unlikely.

Why don't you have Dr. Alfred W. McCoy write an article for MoJo based on his book The politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade? Our Boys in Black Ops have kept the trade on its feet since WW II.