Originally Posted by Chase

Just an observation: It makes such sound sense to de-criminalize drugs, to make them available at reasonable prices by prescription or other legal means.

It's crazy, but it seems the chief resistance to such an idea is that it will put so many people out of work: illegal drug dealers . . . career criminals who must commit crimes to pay for habits . . . law-enforcement officers only trained to combat drugs . . . more and more prison guards . . . social and welfare workers. This may seem like my usual sarcastic joke, but it's not.