Except for the death penalty for drug dealers, all of the others are in some degree of use. The U.S. has never been serous about the demand side because too many legislators and rich and famous people and their children are consumers. Legalization is a pipe-dream (pardon the pun). It would be a public health experiment of such a massive and dangerous scale, and we can't take the risk. Better treatment for addicts, public education, parenting skills education for parents, are possibilities. Coming down hard criminally on users-only is problematic. Although Criminology and Criminal Justice are inter-disciplinary fields, economics has always been a marginal player. As I indicated, "I'm not saying economics provides easy answers." Not being an economist all I can say (again) is "we need to look at these issues." Ray
-----Original Message----- From: Philip F. Lee [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 10:19 PM To: Raymond Kessler; 'Henry E Schaffer'; [email protected] Subject: RE: the "remainder problem" 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.
