I believe the Brits had a program of supplying drugs to registered users? I have the impression that program worked for years to keep drug use from spreading, but was abandoned for reasons I don't know.
So, what was the results of that program and why was it abandoned? Phil > 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.
