Pareto law effects on the consumption of drugs, and network effects that result from the fact that the majority of street level dealers are doing it for the sol

Pareto law effects on the consumption of drugs, and network effects that result from the fact that the majority of street level dealers are doing it for the sole purpose of supporting their habit? No life ruining class A felony is worth the money you get selling drugs, but people do it it all the time because they are sick with a disease and feel they must. New people will still be introduced to drugs, but there are definitely network effects in opiate addiction that can be mitigated when supply is transferred from an illegal source that requires people to organize and recruit new users with cash, to one that is organized and paid for by the government. It's not perfect, but even decriminalization has had a pretty remarkable effect on Portugal, at least that's what the latest studies are saying.