What If U.S. Cities Just Stopped Participating in the War on Drugs?

It's a worthy read of what one politician in Oregon was willing to say about how the city spends it's limited resources.... and that perhaps spending up to 1/2 the money that goes to `vice' on things like improving intersections which have a high pedestrian accident rate. Common Sense From Politicians? .... Don't worry, the article goes on to stress how nothing really is changing with the worthless elected leaders.
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Perhaps if the above happened, as a first step... then, stories like the one shared below - about losing faith in the system... would not be so prevalent in our society:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Drugs/comments/25gdyw/a_story_about_the_day_i_lost_faith_in_the_system/

Back in 2003 I was pulled out of my 8th grade English class and TOLD I was high. I wasn't and had never given them a reason to believe so. Supposedly somebody reported me as acting "lethargic" The principal, assistant principal, nurse, 2 police officers and a drug dog were brought into the office for my interrogation. They searched my pockets, backpack, locker, and even my cell phone. They did not find anything. They called my parents and told them I was high. Afterwards I was put in the room with 1 cop at a time while they played good cop/bad cop with me. I hadn't met either of these cops before but one would tell me how I used to be such a good kid while the other entered the room to tell me I was going to get addicted to drugs and be homeless. This went on for hours until eventually my dad came and pulled me out of school.

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And, just when you thought that you'd read about the most boondoggle idea yet for wasting taxpayers cash comes this.... yes the Pentagon has developed a plan to fight the Zombies..... CONOP 8888 ... (a CNBC link) - hey, when you HAVE to spend 500B a year.... you need to have some fun, right?
According to a report in Foreign Policy magazine, the Defense Department — with a 2014 budget of more than $500 billion—maintains a disaster preparation document called "CONOP 8888," which in fact is a zombie survival plan. It was developed to train commanders in the art of strategizing for a catastrophe.
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Living in an ATT world of branding police SWAT teams as the good guys - (along with busty blonde bimbos)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVYZ22XaXEg
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