Spencer278
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Originally posted by: LordMagnusKain
I didn't say people would stop, i said the proliferation of use would slow. I don't need to sight a case-study to prove a basic economic principle: increased price yields reduced demand, if this wasn't true the meth-dealers could charge 10k a gram and expect the increase in user base year-over-year. Substitution with a harder drug is impossible as their is no more damaging drug than meth, less methadone, PCP, and inhalants.Your theory is that increasing the price will decrease usage, show an example where that is true for an addictive substance and didn't result in the users moving on to harder substance.
If this was slowing down the availability of on-line marijuana seeds then you could say they might move on to coke. But it's crystal meth and almost any substitute drug would be preferable.
Find one drug where price increase did what ever you claim would happen with meth usage. I'm asking for one example where increased price could be counted as a win in the war on drugs. For it to be counted as a win the use of drug most decrease and the decrease can not be contributed to an increase use of harder drugs.