Thursday, March 22, 2007

Why the Drug War is Doomed to Failure




via Peter and the Centre for Substance Abuse Research.

This illustrates what I like to call "the black market effect" quite nicely. Say you buy an ounce for $200 and divide it up into eighths of an ounce and sell them for $40 -$50. If you have 8 pot-smoking friends, it is pretty easy to make money or get your smoke for free. With that kind of cash incentive, who wouldn't want to sell or grow weed? When I have a bad day, the temptation to quit and become a drug-dealer is very strong. Luckily today is not such a day.

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