Call off the war? Unilaterally? Drug fueled crime is rampant. A man pulling 4 wheelers is shot at by an sob who wants to steal them and kills his 14 year old daughter in so doing. It wasn't so he could buy food for his family.
I hate poorly trained cops. I hate that America has embraced guns, flash grenades, drones, drugs, torture, sex slaves, embezzlement and thievery as status quo. But don't put too much credibility in the idea that pulling back and letting them rampage unabated has any more chance of success than arming everyone with a .45 does.
Gotta be a middle ground somewhere. Drug fueled crime is rampant because of one thing only - there is a LOT of money to be made. Somewhere along the line we have to start thinking. Try to figure out how to remove the profit from the process. Until that happens, stalemate will continue - forever!
Maybe it will take a combination of things but since we won't even discuss the issue in this country - as with so many topics - it's not likely to get better during anyone's lifetime who reads this forum.
Here's a starting scenario... a possible first step in the process of getting rid of drug profits;
1. Legalize marijuana nationwide. Remove the insanity of schedule 1.
2. Legalize anything that grows in nature and is used as harvested from that growing entity with no additional refining, synthesization, or processing. This would include but not limited to mushrooms, coca leaves for tea and chewing, etc. If it could be sold as organic - as in living - item in Whole Foods or Sprouts, it's legal.
3. Decriminalize possession and use of anything else IF procured and used within the following system. Set up a system of dispensaries where addicts of heroin, morphine, cocaine, whatever, etc....can get a prescription and supplies under a Dr's supervision - at prices commensurate to the real cost of manufacture - MUCH less than street value, or even free - no need to steal a plunder or commit other crime if you don't need the money for the habit. You get the drugs you need for the addiction, and the system gets access to a person to give them the "sermon". As part of the process, if someone is addicted to and/or using 'refined' recreational chemicals, actively try to steer them through some type of counseling structure to a natural element....yeah, it's not an ideal transition, but now you have a chance to get them unstuck from the really bad stuff. And if they can't get totally free of the naturals, they are at least using relatively - as in comparison to the refined chemicals - innocuous chemicals that have essentially zero cost to the official channels.
4. Possession and use outside of the official system - same sentencing schedule for manufacture and distribution detailed below.
5. Manufacture and distribution of any of those "anything else" items - follow a sentencing schedule:
a. First offense - mandatory 15 year sentence - no parole.
b. Second offense - mandatory 25 year sentence - no parole.
c. Third offense - a capital crime, punishable by death. If they haven't learned by this time, there is no point wasting any more oxygen on them.
After a relatively short time, the prison populations would drop like a rock - expect a 25% or larger reduction just from release of people in for pot "crimes". And over a longer time, a steady decline would continue. If nothing else, in about 40 years, no more prison - we start executing....
This all assumes a relatively non-corrupt system, without cronyism, favoritism, and a substantive "good ole boy" network that doesn't participate in the illicit activities.
So, ya gotta ask yourself a question... did he fire 6 shots or only 5.... oops, sorry...wrong question!!
So, ya gotta ask yourself a question - do ya wanna fix the problem or just let the corrupt, morally bankrupt and intellectually dishonest system we have today go on unabated?