Maggy

Banning things doesn't stop them happening.Make things illegal doesn't stop people breaking the law.

I do consider the banning of recreational drugs and the war on drug dealers does come under the terms of diminishing returns as even maintaining a status quo costs society so much in increased financial costs and increasing crime connected with drug use.It's a situation we can never solve.

Pragmatism dictates that if you can't win a war then you sue for peace..and you seek to make sure that the casualties are as few as possible and that the wounded get the help and treatment they need.