why do drugs = crime?
Simply because the price for drugs is massively inflated by the prohibition and because perps blaim their actions upon their drug use.
Prohibition has never been effective in reducing use, it has only ever made it profitable for criminals to provide the supply, making for more crime than before prohibition.
If you got rid of the prohibition then the crime associated with drugs would reduce massively, leaving just the problem of dealing with the addicts at a much lower cost to society. You could always go the traditional route and put them to work building pyramids or railways for their hit if the non-addicts complain of the cost of supply.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
