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One would have to start with the economics of addiction. Its only then, once we understand the nature of the consumer, that we have the necessary information to judge success or failure of any drugs war policy
the war on drugs is a failure "5 Years After: Portugal's Drug Decriminalization Policy Shows Positive Results" April 7, 2009 http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=portugal-drug-decriminalization ending prohibition is the way to go...
"Ten Years After Decriminalization, Drug Abuse Down by Half in Portugal" http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkai...lization-drug-abuse-down-by-half-in-portugal/ remember, the abuse is there legal or not, just one makes criminals of those that did not abuse.... same as it did with alcohol prohibition
You need to go into it in more detail. For example, the National Institute of Legal Medicine has reported a sharp rise in the number of cases the dead where postmortems find traces of drugs. This may reflect improved testing. However, it also can reflect the negative externalities created by drug consumption (such as the increased risk of road accidents)
