I find it odd that country that epitomises free enterprise and capitalism should try and solve their drug problem by trying to reduce supply. Does that approach work for any other commodity? lets see.. we have a product a lot of people want, so lets try and reduce the supply so they don't want it anymore. Did it work in the 20's during prohibition? (Imagine the reactions of US soldiers back from WWI and being told by their govt that they can't have a drink, ha!) The US has been trying reduce the availability of illegal drugs for how long now? Is it working? The illegal drug biz brings in to Mexico approx 50-60 billion US dollars a year. Sure, just try and shut it down. The US's current approach seems to be (quoting JJ Walker) just pissin' in the wind. alistair ps not that J Walker, the other one |
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