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There are a lot of 'ifs' here. Especially iffy -- the tax windfall creates its own perverse incentives. Drug abuse is bad for you, no amount game theory or lega
by wwarner 6y ago
There are a lot of 'ifs' here. Especially iffy -- the tax windfall creates its own perverse incentives. Drug abuse is bad for you, no amount game theory or legal hair-splitting will change that.
- hellisothers 6y agoAs is smoking, drinking, fast food, sugar, and driving. And yet...
- thefounder 6y agoYeah but fast food, sugar etc are light/very light drugs and there is work in progress to limit them(i.e the amount of sugar in snacks etc).
- denkmoon 6y agoSugar is not "lighter" than, for example, cocaine. Sugar related health issues such as diabetes and obesity have far higher costs to society than cocaine abuse does.
- daseiner1 6y agoyou need to correct for per-user cost, i.e. cost per user of sugar vs per user of coke
- thefounder 6y agoI believe cocaine is more addictive than sugar. Cardiac arrest is another issue. Not much is known about long term health effects of cocaine because we don't have a majority of population snorting cocaine and eating and drinking it every single day.