Mark
Many years ago, Frank Herbert wrote one of the most salient & logical
takes on this, pointing out that the economy of illegal drugs meant
that they could always buy their way into a country, so long as
someone could be bribed, and someone always could.
Then there's the need for the police to have them. as well as the high-
end dealers.... So the narrative is 'fixed' from both sides of the
law....
Doug
On 3-Dec-08, at 12:41 PM, Mark Weiss wrote:
> One of the driving forces of instability in the world is the drug
> laws in consuming countries, especially the US. They wreak havoc in
> the US itself, largely because they act as a price support for
> narcotics and other drugs.
Douglas Barbour
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