DRUG PROHIBITION FUELS CRIME

Does moving drug activity from one Hobbema neighbourhood to the next
constitute drug-war victory? Attempts to limit the supply of illegal
drugs while demand remains constant only increase the profitability
of trafficking. For addictive drugs like crack, a spike in prices
leads desperate addicts to increase crime to feed desperate habits.
Drug prohibition doesn't fight crime, it fuels crime. The good news
is that Canada has already adopted many of the common-sense
harm-reduction interventions first pioneered in Europe. The bad news
is that Canada's southern neighbour uses its superpower status to
export a dangerous moral crusade around the globe. Stephen Harper's
government is unfortunately all too willing to follow the U.S. lead
and exacerbate prohibition-related crime in an effort to literally
scare up votes.

Robert Sharpe

(It's a futile drug war.)