If we didn't lock up criminals? I'm going to go out on a limb and say there would be more criminals.

Snark?

I'm talking about the contribution of ghetto culture. You're a kid. Your dad spends time in prison for drug possession. That impacts your life. That is fallout from the war on drugs.

Ghetto culture and unfair incarceration predates the war on drugs. It's important to address the core problem, not just its symptoms.

You'll have a very hard time finding anyone on HN to take the other side of an argument about ending the drug war. Everyone here agrees with you. The author of the paper agrees with you. Drug prohibition is not a live issue on HN in general.

That is not true. People who are for drug prohibition simply aren't as loud as those against.