I'm very happy to have found (tripped over) this post. I've posted some of the same thoughts on my own blog.
Whe do we insist on arresting the victims? Because it's easy ... it doesn't accomplish much but it is easy.
Did we not learn anything from the prohibition laws concerning alcohol? All we did there was make a bunch of slugs (Capone, Lansky, ...) into very rich men. And we're doing it again with drugs.
Dave