Originally Posted by Dead

Like you, I too believe the money being made and the profit of capitalizing off of a concept that was born in some closed door meeting along time ago, will never be put back into the bottle.
Here is where the rubber meets the street. Pool all the resources spent on keeping the "jobs" active , only this time, have them be the ones to help with the transportation and distribution of the once evil substance they swore to fight. A market would form over night, and it will take an army of individuals, on payroll, to make this sort of reborn market place to exist. So instead of wasting the tax payers money to shadow box the apocalypse, they would be generating more jobs with more avenues to bank from the proceeds generated. Win, Win for all sides. The black market would fall, human traffickers would no longer be needed, jails would close, people would finally be free to do what was once a natural born right, and the politicians would get the proceeds to keep funding what ever agenda flavor they may taste that night........But alas, you are correct, they are so simple and self absorbed, anything that has merit and understanding will never work, Cheers!