🚀 go-pugleaf

hank alrich wrote:
> Then we'd better look at the effect of the "war on drugs" and how it
> creates and maintains black markets within which people are able to make
> money as long as they can maintain their territory which they do by
> violence. To assume that those violent criminals lack intelligence is a
> serious mistake.

Excellent point.  The way modern drug ganglords go about their business
isn't too much different than nobles and kings in feudal Europe.  By
crushing weaker opponents and allying with stronger ones, drug dealers
survive and make profits.  

The key is to legalize, rob them of these huge profits through
competitive market mechanisms, and then tax the whole market and reap
the benefits through better funding of educational programs which
hopefully would eliminate a majority of the demand for drugs in the long
run.

Oh but wait!  There's probably a good reason why this hasn't happened;
drug suppliers know by donating money to the right politicos and tipping
them off to competitors at the same time, they can remain in power
indefinitely.  AS LONG AS DRUGS ARE ILLEGAL.

Legalize and the blood will stop flowing..

Chris