[The Don]

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The correct answer is far simpler: People like to get [censored] up. Always have, always will.

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This is actually pretty good. When people demand something, the market will always provide it, whether legally or illegally.

Note that in Soviet Russia, non-government rationing of food was illegal. Because the command economy was so woefully inefficient, the "mafia" stepped in and supplied food to people who demanded it (of course, this was much more difficult under Stalin with his policy of Dekulakization [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]). This proves that even under the most oppressive of conditions, what is demanded will be supplied.

Anyway, because of this undeniable truth, it is not even a question as to whether the war on drugs is a waste of money. The problem posed by PoBoy, though, is of serious concern, as are all matters regarding public choice.