I don't think so how long have we been fighting it? I think we might get far but never win.

I do not think that they can ever win the fight against drugs.

as long as there is ignorance, wrong facts and lying public officals, sadly no.

No. Endless demand = Endless supply

There is no war on drugs, it is complete fabrication by the government to make it look like someone is doing something about it. The fact of the matter is that the only people that are going to jail are your small time hustlers, selling a few joints here and there. Sure everyonce in a while you'll hear some big columbian drug lord go to jail or get killed, but 2 more spring up. And the kids in the ghetos who push drugs to get by are not rehabiliated, are not given the opportunity to do something with their lives but instead thrown into jail for possessing an 3 ounces of pot.

No. Drugs of one sort or another have been used as long as there have been people. Horribly destructive drugs like meth and crack should be discouraged through education and by legalizing marijuana, mushrooms, and other forms of drugs that are not destructive. But punishment is not an effective way for fighting a war on drugs.

No more than the war against terrorism can be. Wars are not successfully fought against substances or concepts. It always was a misconception.

Its much like the so called "War on Terror" the result seems to create more terrorists that it eliminates.

No. We're not even trying. Everyone in law enforcement and in medicine knows that the answer to reducing the number of addicts is medical treatment, not criminal punishment. The laws against drugs are more dangerous than the drugs are. They only serve vicious politicians who want to pretend to be tough guys, and corrupt police departments who are permitted BY LAW to keep the possessions -- the cars, the boats, the actual HOUSES -- of people they convict of drug offenses. This was a bad way to run witch hunts, and it IS a bad way to run the phony "war on drugs." Liquor dealers were dangerous during Prohibition -- but you don't have liquor gangs having wars about territory now that alcohol is legal, do you? Same with drugs. And I agree with the answerers who pointed out that the "war on drugs" is actually a war on the middle class and the poor. Rich people (and their kids) don't pay the consequences for their crimes. Rush Limbaugh broke his drug probation by smuggling Viagra into the U.S. in someone else's name, but did his probation get cancelled? Nooooo. And Jeb Bush, brother of George Bush, who is presently Governor of Florida, has a daughter with a long history of drug offenses -- but SHE gets treatment while YOUR daughter would be in jail for twenty years. Unless you are related to the Bushes? :)

only if demand stops and I cannot see that happening.

hmm - most people are answering NO, but i just don't think it can be solved in our life time.

I don't think America's war against Americans will ever be won. Honestly can you believe that a country called a war agaist it's own citizens. Well, let freedom ring!

No. Is it really right to put someone who grew a plant in jail with rapists and murderers? I have read a couple books on it, and seen a few specials - this is my favorite.

Only in the same way as the war on alcohol was won in America.

If the powers that be regulated everything wouldnt it make that whole thing cleaner and less bloodshed...?

I very much hope not. I find that people generally bundle every illegal drug into one category. This. is. wrong! Certain drugs we should certainly be fighting against such as cocaine, heroin. But other like Marijuana, LSD and many others shouldnt be. Taking LSD, for example, can safely say does no physical harm to you, it's not going to harm anyone around you. Same with marijuana, although it's slghtly more harming to the body than LSD (in that one joint is more harmful for the lungs than a cig) Smoking a joint is like having a glass of beer. So, why try to fight it!? People need to single out the "good" and "bad" drugs and act on each specifically as oppose to jus believing all the composed shit that the government feeds you, or your school feeds you. Dont critisize what you can't understand.

No. But who's fighting it? No one really. The cops and the lawyers and the administrators not to mention the drug clinics, counselors & drug dealers would all lose very lucrative jobs. If you see one drug bust on the news, there's 100 deals that went undetected.

Not only can it not be won,it's already been lost.After spending Billions of dollars what do we have to show for it? An overburdened judicial system that can't even take care of the real criminals,one of the highest prison populations on earth,police that are so busy chasing down drug users that they can't keep up with the caseload of much more important crimes. It's ridiculous in the extreme,but as long as people feel like it's their right to dictate the way people lives,regardless of any real harm to society we will continue to pour money into the inane "Drug War"

We will never win anything in this world if everyone you talk to is negative about it .. there must be more harsh laws against any kind of drugs .. it won't work if only some drugs are made legal .. all drugs must be illegal .. its like saying .. only white people can do this and only black people can do that ..

It's like trying to end racism, not going to happen.

no when CIA have heroin lab in Afghanistan's and Canadian bring drugs by military plane in north America no way man

Won for who? there are people on both sides of this war!!

I don't think so for one basic reason. I think that the government produces some of these drugs and then puts it on the streets in order to make money from the so called "war" on drugs. This is simply an idea. Please don't bash me for a simple thought.

Yes, all we have to do is just keep smoking, some kind soul will feed the demand and grow more...

The war on drugs will never be won because most people are not as ignorant as Nixon. If you want to put a chemical into your own body, that's up to you. If you think "but people get addicted to it and get violent!" then look at alcohol. Same thing, but it's legal. It's not like making drugs legal would cause an unbelievable outbreak of violence and murder in the country- no, it would stay relatively the same. Yeah, people would get addicted, but that's life- there have always been addicts to things. You know what WOULD happen if drugs were legal? Jails would be freed up for people who have actually done something wrong, and more kids would have the opportunity to travel and go to college/university due to the fact that they don't have a CRIMINAL RECORD for being in a state of mind that the government doesn't like. Here's an interesting fact: If the war on drugs was won, and somehow every controlled substance was magically erased from the entire country forever, then deaths dependent solely on illegal drugs would decrease by a whole 1% (PiHKAL, by Alexander Shulgin). Nice going, morons.

No. Not when people are willing to die for them as many do.

can be but won't be the government is having too much fun with it.

the local citizen will always be the loser when the pharmacies have control of the drugs. medical doctors kowtow to their salesmen and recommend the drugs that they sell...whether they are really good for you or not. Like the cholesterol fighters. Leviclor is recommeded by most doctors. But it has side affects that they dont tell you about. they let you read it in the small print. memory loss and kidney disfunction.

No. All drugs should be legal. My 2 cents.

Yes. We can win the WOD by organizing strategies to wipe out the DEA. We can harness the forces of LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition). We can be prepared for those SWAT Raids by getting together mass amounts of ammunition and when the masked police come up to our door, we'll blow their heads off. We can get our neighbors to help us. It doesn't matter what anyone's opinion about drugs really is, we're all fighting for the same cause: to win the WOD. Just read about the innocent lives that were ended during the Clinton administration. http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01/n087/a05.html?124 There will always be citizens crossing sides: fighting on the side of the people one day, and the next fighting on the side of the government. That's what will make this war so bizarre, because unless the govt surrenders, we won't stop. We'll never stop! And in the morning when the smoke clears, everyone will be gone. Other nations will say:"Oh well! Looks like they won their WOD!" Because, you see, the WOD is: SUICIDE!

Never

No because the government is totally complicit in drug smuggling. Until we clean up the government, it's never going to go away. The government's war on drugs is just a way to destroy the competition and drive up the price. They make money selling drugs and then throw people into slave camp private prisons for using it. They make millions of people work for 15 cents a day! They trick everyone into begging for a police state to save them for drugs and crime. They create a problem, and then scare you into giving them more power to combat that problem. It only ever gets worse. People have to stop expecting the government to fix everything. Historically governments have always been the biggest criminals. Where else would smart criminals want to be? Isn't it strange that since the allied occupation of Afghanistan started, opium cultivation has increased 10 times?

the government cannot control something that cannot be controlled, which is the desires of the masses. people will continue to use whatever substances they wish to use. it's their bodies, not the governments'. no the war will never be won.

As long as there are ready buyers,NO.

No. The "war on drugs" is a fantastic war created to manipulate societies around the globe, and also to create mega profits for other illegal operations. My 2 cents. http://www.illuminati-news.com/2007/0610a.htm