Drug War Veteran

"Looks like poverty and drugs are winning the war."
The Chemical Buddha was occasionally a student of popular culture. (Especially the drugs part of American culture.) TCB noticed that at various times America has declared wars on certain parts of our culture. In the 1960's it was poverty. In the '80's it was drugs. So far, despite the billions of dollars spent, it would appear we're losing the war. Which means we either need to surrender or find a new way to go about it. Like giving people the support they need to actually change their lives. (Of course, we digress and may even be high right now.) At one particularly weird period of his life, TCB considered himself a war veteran. He saw every drug he took as another bullet in the war on drugs. A bullet that could have easily taken out someone else. So he literally saved lives by sacrificing himself. Of course, it could have just been that he was looking to get veteran's benefits out of the government.
Do you stand up for ideas and/or yourself or go with the flow?
What would it take for you to make a stand for something?
If you're not already doing it, how do you think it would feel to fight for something? And what would you fight for?