Follow up to Politics Schmolitics

Fellow blogger Mia Delarosa brings up a good point on the war on drugs. She highlights the fact that people will always posses the want for drugs and that the "war" on it is more costly than helpful. I think she can go a step further and say that even if everything were legalized, not much would change. Or at least, not much should change. If, as a country, we are properly educating youth about drugs and their effects and what is acceptable use and what is not, then the illegality is no longer a factor and people can make decisions based on their own morals. The illegality of a substance only changes what happens after the person does it, not so much whether they will do it or not. In my opinion, we should focus more attention/money towards educating about drugs than we are enforcing the laws against drugs. You know, go after the root of the problem, not the effects of the problem.