So giving them three hots and a cot and putting thier children into the system accomplishes what, exactly?
The "war on drugs" is an absolute failure. Period. Unless you can point to some progress it has made, I have to question your knowledge on the subject.
In fact, because of the archaic laws outside of states like CA, kids are turning to more dangerous research chemicals (Bath salts) in order to get high.
Not only are we not helping the addicts who are on a downward spiral, we are creating Mexican super-cartels that cause more death and damage to the environment then ever before.
I am far from a liberal, believe me. Any fiscal conservative can see that the DEA and prison system are wasting a mST of our money on locking up users. Unless, of course, you think just 10 more years of the same failed policies will start to show a difference