But there's no evidence to suggest that prohibition actually decreases drug use. Plus, drug addicts are sick, not criminals. You don't get cured in prison. These people need to be dealt with by doctors, not policemen. Throwing them in prisons just makes them pissed off at the laws and then they're released back onto the streets to do their drug of choice again. Do you seriously think the drug addicts are better off locked up in a cage with nobody to love them or care about them, instead learning the ways of violent criminals?