How about a suggestion for what we might do to address the demand side? Death penalty for large dealers? Confiscation of fruits from dealing? Long prison terms for users not in a treatment program? Treatment with alternative drugs or other? . . .
What is your program? What cost, who runs, how does it run? Or, perhaps, legalize drugs for registered users? Some suggestions please? Phil > Thanks for the good material! > It is amazing how people are unable or unwilling to see Prohibition, the War > on Drugs and Gun Control in light of basic economic principles (supply, > demand, elasticity of demand, etc). For instance, why is there so much > reluctance to forcefully address the demand side of the drug problem. We > spend billions on interdiction, crop control in other countries, etc. I'm > not saying economics provides easy answers. All I'm saying is we need to > look at these issues. I guess we are all too wrapped up in the kulturkampf > to be able to think outside the box. > Ray > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Henry E > Schaffer > Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 11:11 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: the "remainder problem" > > A colleague sent me a link to > http://lawreview.law.wfu.edu/documents/issue.43.837.pdf > IMAGINING GUN CONTROL IN AMERICA: > UNDERSTANDING THE REMAINDER PROBLEM > Nicholas J. Johnson > > which is an interesting and careful review of the possibililty of gun > control working via supply-side restrictions. > > I also found, by the same author, interesting > http://law.fordham.edu/ihtml/news-2itndetails.ihtml?id=638&nid=842 > Taking this right seriously > -- > --henry schaffer > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as > private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are > posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or > wrongly) forward the messages to others. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Henry E > Schaffer > Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 11:11 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: the "remainder problem" > > A colleague sent me a link to > http://lawreview.law.wfu.edu/documents/issue.43.837.pdf > IMAGINING GUN CONTROL IN AMERICA: > UNDERSTANDING THE REMAINDER PROBLEM > Nicholas J. Johnson > > which is an interesting and careful review of the possibililty of gun > control working via supply-side restrictions. > > I also found, by the same author, interesting > http://law.fordham.edu/ihtml/news-2itndetails.ihtml?id=638&nid=842 > Taking this right seriously > -- > --henry schaffer > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as > private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are > posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or > wrongly) forward the messages to others. > > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others. > > _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
