The US war on drugs is a set of laws put in place to reduce drug consumption through harsh penalties and mass incarceration (Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. War on Drugs). Policy makers have questioned the success of the United States’ war on drugs, and as a result, drug decriminalization has emerged as a new strategy to combat the problem. Drug decriminalization is as a policy where the possession of a controlled substance for personal use is not considered a criminal offence (Jessman and Payer 1). Faced with these two options, policy makers are unsure if they should focus on forgiving drug…