Should heroin merely be priced higher, not banned, because of the harm it causes to society? Consider that artificial pricing always creates the Cobra Effect:

Should heroin merely be priced higher, not banned, because of the harm it causes to society? Consider that artificial pricing always creates the Cobra Effect: unintended consequences abound that eventually more than undermine the original intent. This is how George Soros legendarily broke the Bank of England - by taking advantage of artificial pricing (in particular, exchange rates). Furthermore, healthy societies enforce moral lines through criminal and civil law, not merely through fines and price manipulation.