Comment Re:cost effectiveness of the war on drugs in gener (Score 0, Troll) 249
You have nicely lined out how much the drug prohibition costs.
But to be complete you would have to answer other question too: how much would cost NOT having drug prohibition?
Thinking of all those good-willed, but stressed workers running to drug-lords and not pay anymore taxes seems like tremendous cost to me. Unless you would tax those operations taxable, too.. (... already happening? legal drugs..)
So, you cannot call it 'complete failure' yet..
But to be complete you would have to answer other question too: how much would cost NOT having drug prohibition?
Thinking of all those good-willed, but stressed workers running to drug-lords and not pay anymore taxes seems like tremendous cost to me. Unless you would tax those operations taxable, too.. (... already happening? legal drugs..)
So, you cannot call it 'complete failure' yet..