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When will the average “Joe” figure out that the major problem is not the illegal drugs but the fact that they are illegal! Whenever a government “bans” something in relatively high demand (I.e.: alcohol, drugs, guns, or whatever is the “evil” substance/item de-jour) , some enterprising criminally-minded entrepreneur will begin to provide this substance/item to the demanding segment of the nation. He will ensure he/she prices it at a high enough profit level to make it worthwhile to risk violent, armed confrontation with other criminally-minded entrepreneurs seeking to horn in on his territory and/or armed agents of the government seeking to curtail the trafficking in said substance/item.
If you end the prohibitions on the “evil” substance/item de-jour, you will reduce greatly the violence, the social cost, and the prison population of our nation. The rub is that you will also reduce the profitability, power, prestige, and influence of the judiciary, law enforcement, and the prison industry.
Whoops! Can’t have that now, can we?
Feb 5, 2009, 8:02:00 AM
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