We DID declare a "War on Drugs" Years ago. It's been conducted just like every other "war" since WWII. Politicians don't WANT to win - might pizz off a voter, and would surely curtail some of their under-the-table income.
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~