Elephant in the Room

I have a little political commentary to share this morning. There's been alot of talk about US/Mexico relations recently and lots of talk about the drug war going on in Mexico and US. Both the US and Mexico are saying they realize it's a joint problem (no pun intended) of both countries. So far so good. But then the elephant comes into the room when they start talking about how to deal with this issue. What I've heard so far from Hillary, President Calderon, and Obama is this: more helicopters and military support for mexico; better interdiction efforts against US weapons and cash going into mexico; and cracking down on drug use here in the US. I have heard Hillary and Obama both CLEARLY say that they recognize demand for drugs in the U.S. is a big part of the problem. Then, I've CLEARLY heard them both say that drug use needs to decrease here. They both used their own words for describing this but they both CLEARLY have got decriminalization or legalization OFF THE TABLE. I've not heard even one small mention about that possibility. And I don't get it. The ONE THING that could impact the cartels the most, and that would help us manage this problem the best, would be legalization and/or decriminalization in both countries. I am having a hard time understanding why, at this point in our history, with all the support for legalization, and understanding of the consequences of PROHIBITION, that our leaders cannot even bring up the subject in any fashion.
I say END PROHIBITION NOW!