Public servants say, always with the best of intentions, 'What greater service we could render if only we had a little more money and a little more power. ' But the truth is that outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or as economically as the private sector.
When leaders carry out policies for decades that have no consequences for the stated goal and are very costly, you have to ask whether they are telling you the truth or whether the policies are for a different goal, because they are not reducing drug use.