>The drug dealer was selling meth. Meth destroys people. You could replace meth with any sort of legal substitute and the statement would still be correct. 'T

>The drug dealer was selling meth. Meth destroys people. You could replace meth with any sort of legal substitute and the statement would still be correct. 'The bar was selling liquor. Liquor destroys people.' 'The pharmacy was selling opiates. Opiates destroy people.' So, when faced with a dilemma of hypocrisy like that, let's punish the wrong do-ers when they do wrong, as is traditional with substance abusers, rather than the 30 'criminals' involved in the supply chain that haven't actually done first-party harm to the peace at large. One could say that they could be done in parallel, and I agree, but the resource spent to fight both sides of the crime in parallel should still be spent on keeping the peace, not preventing the imaginary destruction of future peace.