Mr Khan said:
And the alternative would be? |
Let people use it.
Heroin legalized would be incredibly cheap...
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/10/19/prime_numbers_doped?page=0,2
and it's not exactly hard to spot people on it.
Doing so, they'd be able to afford their drugs and still have a place to live.
The costs aren't actually dissuading anyone from doing it... and for the people who are hooked... it doesn't matter how much it costs. They'll beg, borrow and steal (and worse) until they get what they need.
All the war on drugs does is punish those already hooked.