The War on Drugs has failed because physicians have failed to cure addiction,
and because governments have failed to cure corruption. Clearly, addiction
and
corruption are deeply rooted in human nature, and resistant to all
intervention.
How can we cure addiction and corruption? We must understand that
addiction
and corruption are related, because both involve people wanting to get
something for free: addicts want the free high of addiction, and corrupt
public
officials want free money. Sadly, human nature is flawed by a greedy,
childish,
insatiable craving for fun and freebies. As Cassius said in Shakespeare's
Julius
Caesar, "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we
are
underlings."

Competing interests:
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