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Legalising narcotics would be the lesser of two evils

There is an argument often made against new laws or restrictions on behaviour which, in essence, boils down to saying: “There is no point in banning this activity, because all you will do is drive it underground.”

It is, of course, a nonsensical position to take in purely logical terms. In effect it is merely to say that if you make something illegal, the people who do it will be acting illegally.