8Jul/090
Drug war boosts drug use
More evidence that government attempts to prevent voluntary exchange in the market have unfortunate consequences:
Police crackdowns may encourage drug use
From the article:
TOUGH policing of the illegal drugs market may have the perverse effect of making drugs more affordable and thereby encouraging people to use them, according to a new model of the dynamics of this market.
No net good can come from using force to interfere with natural human interactions that aren't harming anyone other than those who choose to harm themselves.
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