If you left the laws in place and removed the police, that would be bad. If you reformed the laws and left the police in place, that would probably be less bad.

If you left the laws in place and removed the police, that would be bad. If you reformed the laws and left the police in place, that would probably be less bad. Speaking of adding energy to systems -- drug laws put energy... er money... into the illegal drug system. Clearly, simply making everything available from your supermarket impulse buying rack is going too far, but simply regulating drugs the way cigarettes and alcohol (including taxing them) seems like a happy medium. I know that folks smuggle cigarettes into New York to avoid taxes, but the prison system isn't overrun with them and they aren't overthrowing central-american governments.