The freest of free markets in the world today is the market for illegal drugs. It is completely unregulated, it’s run by dealers, and it’s time we put a stop to it. By legalising cannabis and by treating those addicted to more serious drugs as patients rather than criminals, we would take control of the drugs economy away from organised crime and see significant social improvements not only in the UK but across the world.
Supply and Demand
It’s time to end the power of the drug-dealer.
17th October 2014
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Sean L 10 January 2018
There is already an illegal market in tobacco. Unless the regulated / legal price of the substance was lower than the street price, i.e, one could procure crack cocaine legally at a cheaper price, there's no reason to suppose that legalisation, in expanding the market for highly addictive substances wouldn't prove a boon to the illegal market.
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