Well one could argue pros of organized crime :D
It's a business and market outside of government control (they can try to control it but fail miserably at it:)) and keeps money outside government control (no tax yay).
You say that prices are high because of risks and government prohibition. However if they do legalize them they'll probably tax the hell out of them. I don't necessarily think it's expensive because of government prohibition and risks associated with the trade ( I really don't think anything the government does is actually a risk to the organized crime syndicates. Regular consumer and addicts are in much worst risk I think) , I think it's expensive because people are willing to pay a lot for drugs.
There are places where growing, selling, consumption, etc of some/all drugs has been legalized. Have the prices gone down I wonder? As long as there is government it's still going to be bad :)
Ill take that tradeoff any day
Well one could argue pros of organized crime :D
It's a business and market outside of government control (they can try to control it but fail miserably at it:)) and keeps money outside government control (no tax yay).
You say that prices are high because of risks and government prohibition. However if they do legalize them they'll probably tax the hell out of them. I don't necessarily think it's expensive because of government prohibition and risks associated with the trade ( I really don't think anything the government does is actually a risk to the organized crime syndicates. Regular consumer and addicts are in much worst risk I think) , I think it's expensive because people are willing to pay a lot for drugs.
There are places where growing, selling, consumption, etc of some/all drugs has been legalized. Have the prices gone down I wonder? As long as there is government it's still going to be bad :)