There's the Iron Law of Prohibition: If a type of substance is outlawed, only the most potent forms of that substance will be available for sale on the black m

There's the Iron Law of Prohibition: If a type of substance is outlawed, only the most potent forms of that substance will be available for sale on the black market. During alcohol prohibition, nobody smuggled light beer. They smuggled overproof gin and rum. During opioid prohibition (now) incredibly dangerous form of the substance, such as fentanyl, drive out the less dangerous forms. Of course fentanyl isn't very dangerous in the hands of a skilled pharmacist / chemist who knows how to measure and dilute it to make safer doses. But, due to prohibition penalties, people with those skills don't work with it, leaving the field to clowns who dilute it with stuff like powdered baby formula. Oh, and yeah, prohibition means we get to read news about criminals with names like El Chapo. Can the world learn from the US's experience with alcohol prohibition? Some European jurisdictions, viz. Portugal, have shown good success decriminalizing drugs.