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Free the drugs trade now! (legalization (drugs of reliable quality…
Free the drugs trade now!
Consequences
America:
many jailing drug dealers
five time more than 30 years ago
policy analysts about drugs policy
imprisoning low-ranking street-corner dealers
pointless
money
loss of employment prospects
can only deal drugs
Kleimann, Caulkins and Hawken
rethink the drug-control triad
prevention
treatment
enforcement
easy to avoid
1 more item...
price drugs lower than 30 years ago
still twice the price of gold
drugs supplies
can be cheaply and quickly expanded
legalization
injuring the cartels
reducing the costs of enforcement
cost of combating drugs
more economic approach for drugs
Drugs becomes cheap
use high excise taxes
maintain current price
tax evasion
illegal market
drugs of reliable quality
available from clean stores
not risking the stigma of breaking the law
comparison with alcohol
causes half of America's:
vehicular fatalities
criminal violence
still a private right
alcohol-related illnesses declined
disresprect for law
Both legal
comparison with nicotine
kills more people than
alcohol and illegal drugs combined
government
health risks publicized
20% of America is addicted