Legalization of drugs?

Failed states and failed policies: How to stop the drug wars The Economist: "A calculated gamble, or another century of failure?
This newspaper first argued for legalisation 20 years ago. Reviewing the evidence again, prohibition seems even more harmful, especially for the poor and weak of the world. Legalisation would not drive gangsters completely out of drugs; as with alcohol and cigarettes, there would be taxes to avoid and rules to subvert. Nor would it automatically cure failed states like Afghanistan. Our solution is a messy one; but a century of manifest failure argues for trying it."

3000 soldiers have died in Iran lately in the battle against drugs from Afghanistan. A common problem since 90% of the heroin on the streets of London comes from Afghanistan. The "narco state" Mexico is in dear trouble. The taxation that would result should pay for the health related problems of usage. It would mean trusting the citizens on this, not prohibition. Responsibility might replace crime.