So we keep hearing about the violence in Mexico due to drug cartels. Do we not learn from history? Do we not learn from past mistakes? Do we not realize that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results?

We tried treating alcohol as a crime and that caused more problems than it solved (read: alcohol prohibition was a failure). Now we treat alcohol as a health issue and we don’t have the violence and criminal activity. Treating drugs as a criminal problem is well… what’s keeping it as a criminal problem and frankly causing this crime to exist. “Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.” (Tao Te Ching #60). Treat the drugs as the health issue that they are.