The "War on Drugs" Has Been Shown to Be a Dismal

The "war on drugs" has been shown to be a dismal failure, though your text claims

A) there is still a strong belief it will work.
B) nobody wants to admit this in public.
C) for a few billion dollars more, we can win the war on drugs.
D) marijuana abuse by high school seniors is only 80 percent of what it was a decade ago.