The 1980s solution to drug use in the US was simply to lock more people up longer and give local and federal law enforcement more money. This was the same response after September 11th. More laws, more money, more power.
Today we can see the results: "Police" armed with assault rifles patrol streets. Surprise visits at night by men armed with fully automatic firearms and large caliber sniper rifles is not considered abnormal. Most recently we now know all of our communications are monitored, as are our whereabouts past and present.
It would make a good science fiction movie, except the genre would be a documentary.
Today we can see the results: "Police" armed with assault rifles patrol streets. Surprise visits at night by men armed with fully automatic firearms and large caliber sniper rifles is not considered abnormal. Most recently we now know all of our communications are monitored, as are our whereabouts past and present.
It would make a good science fiction movie, except the genre would be a documentary.