“If they don’t have money to pay for the drug, they will go out and do anything to get the money.”
Even if addicts quote “do anything” to get the money they are limited in their ability to get money. You are very unrealistic in your belief that drug addicts have some enormous ability to make money.
“You are very unrealistic in your belief that drug addicts have some enormous ability to make money.”
I never said they could make millions, just that they weren’t limited by their own budget. An addict is not just going to give up if the price goes up, they are going to steal more, scam more, and prostitute themselves more to get the money, if they can. If all else fails, they’ll try to steal the drugs instead of paying for them.
What I think is unrealistic is thinking that just arresting dealers is going to price people out of the market. We’ve been doing that aggressively for what, 40 plus years now? You can’t argue the sentences are not harsh, or the budgets for enforcement are paltry. How much more of an effect can we hope to squeeze from enforcement?