Eradication isn't the point-- disruption is. > it increases the popularity of the banned thing because it gives that thing more publicity Popularity be damned

Eradication isn't the point-- disruption is. > it increases the popularity of the banned thing because it gives that thing more publicity Popularity be damned, cocaine doesn't need a publicist. Yet we ban it to maximize the number of hoops people have to jump through to obtain it. As a result, you can only get your hands on so much, and it will cost you. The "ban" rate-limits consumption.