Either you're for law and order or you're for mothers who at a drop at a hat take off at 100 mph, risking both them and the other drivers on the road. Either you're for pleasure-inducing drugs, like pot, or you're for jack-booted thugs who want to chase potential criminals to prove a point.
The Drug War has contributed to these kinds of polar opposites, ignoring the possible middle-ground where one can disapprove of the effects of drugs, from marijuana to meth, and at the same time, argue for the liberty to take them. Instead, we engage in false dilemma, where there are only two options. Because of this, we get the Sheriff defending the 100 mph chase, by bringing up the driver's past history.
I would argue that the only way to justify the Drug War and all its manifestations and unintended consequences is to show that it's been a net gain for the U.S. and the world. This justification is missing.
Update: it even effects activities which prima facie are not about the drug war
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