[jonascord]

If drugs were legalized, and the federally supported market collapses, they'll starve to death. Why kill them? They'll die soon enough in turf wars over a shrinking market. As someone pointed out on another thread, with the actual unemployment hovering around 40%, smuggling, money laundering and street sales is not a resume enhancement, unless you're a Democrat financial investment broker.

Alcohol Prohibition took 12 years to go from "Great Idea!" to "Maybe we screwed up." It's been a century, and only because of Federal price supports have drugs staggered along.

Idea: Sell heroin and coke at true manufacturer's prices, per pound, 99% pure. That will kill all the old druggies, and if new ones are created, they'll die soon enough. It's not like they are an addition to the Social Order.

[dennisw]

So you figure 5 million dead wood druggies die in your scenario?