[fieldmarshaldj]

Still, my point stands. You can make the argument for removing the illegality of countless things because there will always be a profit motive somehow.

[NobleFree]

Which is exactly the problem with all prohibitions - they're easy money for violent criminals.

There’s a profit motive for murder worldwide.

Peanuts compared to drug profits - and not easy money, since people seek to avoid being murdered, whereas all direct participants in a drug "crime" want it to succeed.

Still, my point stands. You can make the argument for removing the illegality of countless things because there will always be a profit motive somehow.

The argument is much stronger for removing the illegality of acts that profit greatly with no resistance from any direct participant. When an act profits only weakly and with effort, the argument for its legality is overcome if that act also violates rights - as murder does but drug sale does not.