How would ending the War on Drugs happen?

[Kevin]

Legalization of pot and decriminalization of drug addicts will only end one small part of it.

The much larger War on Drugs will continue though as I can't imagine coke, heroin or meth becoming legal anytime soon. So long as criminals profit from the drug trade as a whole the fight against illicit drugs will go on.

[Kevin]

Don't you know supply and demand? As long people will want drugs, it will be interesting for them to sell drugs.

That's not how supply and demand work. People have limited capital. They utilize capital to maximize returns vs. risk. The cartels sold drugs because they lacked capital for legitimate business endeavors, and legitimate businesses were prohibited from participating in their industry.

Both of those circumstances are changing rapidly. Furthermore, the illegal drug industry has the same immiserizing effects that plague agriculture.

"Drug cartels didn't enter legitimate businesses because they lacked capital." I assure you all that by the time drug dealing organizations developed to the 'cartel' level, they had MORE than enough capital to aggressively enter any legitimate industry they chose (and in fact already owned substantial swaths of private businesses _ that point).

Even by Arrogant Demand's standards, this is one of the stupidest things he's ever posted.