He'll be out of a job soon anyway.  He wants for continue the "war" on drugs because it is very profitable to federal law enforcement agency's such as the DEA to continue the fight.  It also is very profitable to continue to lock up people and keep the beds full in the federal prisons/privatized prisons not only the BOP but also the private prisons profit twice, the filled bed, and the use of these prisoners as cheap labor because the Constitution of the US bans slavery unless your a prisoner.