The white supremacist power base ie the GOP benefit from the drug war. They are afraid of change, that's what it means to be "conservative" and they would rather live in a prison industrial complex threatening half the population with incarceration than open their hearts and minds to change for the better. So we are held hostage by their fear of the future. America is a conservative country ... but change is going to happen whether they like it or not, so we must try to ensure it changes for the better. I'm glad Schumer is pushing for this bill, but why doesnt he have a great bill to push every few days. There's so much to talk about and he is in a position to do it and yet they sit cautiously weighing every move, afraid to upset the donor class.