[Ken H]

Then where are the addicts getting their heroin, from the Easter bunny?

I have no idea. Maybe they're crossing the border themselves to get it, who knows?

That would be quite a drive from Tehran to the border for millions of addicts to make.

An alternative explanation might be that trafficking in heroin is a thriving business in Iran.

The article was about drug traffickers, not users.

Isn't the point of executing traffickers to reduce the number of users? How else do we measure the success of the policy?

But so what if there were a direct correlation between the execution of traffickers and a reduced use of heroin? Would you then support the same in the U.S.?

I have no problem executing major heroin trafickers.

Now, what if there were a direct correlation between lax drug laws and reduced heroin use. Would you support such a policy in the US?

Nah, you'd just mumble something about "correlation does not equal causation" and slink away.

Does robertpaulsen think correlation equals causation?

[robertpaulsen]

"Isn't the point of executing traffickers to reduce the number of users? How else do we measure the success of the policy? "

The number of drug users in this country have been reduced, but posters on this board are still insisting that the WOD is a failure.

So it beats me as to how we measure success.