M. Simon has written guest-blogs here before, talking about his theory that drug problems are actually pain problems. My reaction to that line of argument is something on the order of "the world is pain, and many drugs make it worse," but I do agree that our "War on Drugs" is creating and feeding more serious problems for us around the globe.
For something a bit different, therefore, we present another M. Simon guest blog that offers a bit of a roundup of recent developments related to the Drug Wars.
Prohibition Watch
by M. Simon
We'll start with Canada, where laws against possesion have been seriously weakened by a judicial ruling, then move on to where biology meets social policy.
This article on heroin from Reason.com was incredibly interesting.
If recreational drugs are legalized then they will be cheaper. That will decrease the need to commit crime to get drug money. It will also eliminate the jailing of drug users and dealers.
But will it also so increase drug use that the externalities that recreational drug use causes swamp all the other social cost savings? Will there be more car accidents, fewer people able to hold jobs and fulfill their responsibilities toward family and so on?
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