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The Economics of Illegal Drugs As a teenager I saw the war on drugs up close. Then I studied it as an economist and saw it differently. Commentary by Roland Fryer Wall Street Journal Feb 25, 2026 Cartel leaders assassinated. Fast boats intercepted in the Caribbean. Coast Guard cutters in the Pacific. Vessels destroyed from the air. Last weekend, Mexican forces——with CIA intelligence support-killed "El Mencho," leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel; within hours, retaliatory violence erupted across Mexico. Since September 2025, the Pentagon's Operation Southern Spear has conducted more than 40 strikes on small boats suspected of carrying drugs, killing around 150 people. The images are designed to look decisive, muscular and tough. This approach, according to the conomics of illegal markets, is almost certainly making the problem worse. And not for the first time. Richard Nixon declared the War on Drugs. Ronald Reagan signed mandatory minimums into law. Bill Clinton launched Plan Colombia. George W. Bush doubled down on it. Barack Obama expanded border interdiction. Each administration chose supply-side enforcement. Each one failed. The current administration has simply found a more cinematic way to repeat the mistake. I know what these failures look like up close. I was a teenager when the Drug Enforcement Agency raided my great-aunt Ernestine's house in central Florida. Agents found crack, cash and guns-including an AR-15 with a laser. She ran part of a distribution operation, never dealing to users but embedded deep in the supply chain. My grandmother implored her to quit. Emestine would wave her off, saying the war on drugs was making her too much money. A decade later, I sat in a seminar room at the University of Chicago listening to Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy present their work on the economics of illegal goods. I came in skeptical. I had seen what drugs did to my grandmother's neighborhood: the violence, the fractured families, the lives swallowed whol…

No country has fully tested what the Becker-Murphy-Grossman model actually prescribes-legalization with an excise tax. Portugal and Switzerland represent partial steps: decriminalizing use while keeping supply illegal, or medicalizing supply for the most dependent users. Becker himself endorsed Portugal's approach as a moderate alternative to the drug war. But even these incomplete reforms produced dramatic results. Portugal decriminalized all drugs in 2001 and redirected resources to treatment. Annual drug-related deaths fell from 76 to 16 by 2012; HIV infections among users fell more than 90%; drug use didn't spike. When austerity later gutted treatment funding, outcomes reversed. Switzerland began prescribing pharmaceutical-grade heroin to its hardest cases in the 1990s. Muggings by participants dropped 70%; opioid-related criminal cases nationally declined from 20,000 a year to 5,000. Swiss voters made the program permanent by a two-thirds majority. Oregon tried decriminalization in 2020 without the treatment infrastructure and overdose deaths rose 23%. The lesson is consistent: Reform without resources fails. So what would evidence-based policy look like? The economics points to three principles, none of which involves naval blockades. First, legalize and tax. Prohibition currently functions as an implicit tax of staggering size. According to economist Jeffrey Miron, cocaine retails at 262 times its farm gate price—a markup attributable to the risk premium of illegality. A well-designed excise tax could achieve a greater reduction in consumption at a fraction of that markup, generating revenue instead of violence. Second, invest in treatment and don't let up. Reform without resources fails. Third, provide credible information about health costs. Becker and Murphy's 1988 theory of rational addiction shows that addicts respond far more to permanent price changes than to temporary ones. Cigarette consumption fell significantly -down by half by 2010-after the surge…

Once in decade I might say something nice about a WSJ editorial or the right-wing Manhattan Institute. Today is that day for both of them. This is an excellent op-ed about the failure of drug prohibition. Well worth reading! www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

DICK & Dank Episode 46 Inhouse Genetics

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Check out Brandon and hear his journey from one plant to more than he could count with his fingers and toes. #weedlife #marijuana Link in the comments. #dickanddank

DICK & Dank Episode 45 The Rogue Herbalist

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On Mar 2, the justices will hear their second major Second Amendment case of the Supreme Court's current term. United States v. Hemani asks whether Congress may make it a crime for an "unlawful user" of marijuana to possess a gun. The Court's Second Amendment precedents are as unsalvageable as they are confusing. At least in theory, they require judges to ask whether a modern-day gun law is sufficiently similar to gun laws from more than 200 years ago. But the rules appear to shift depending on whether a majority of the justices actually think a particular gun law is a good idea. That said, there is a sensible way that the Court could resolve the Hemani case without having to wade into this historical morass. Again, the federal law at issue in Hemani bars gun possession by an "unlawful user" of "any controlled substance" such as marijuana. But what does it mean to be an unlawful user of marijuana? If someone takes a bong hit in college, decides that they don't like weed, and never gets high again, are they forever barred from owning a gun? What about a person who shares a joint with her cousins every year on Thanksgiving, but otherwise doesn't smoke? And if this law doesn't permanently bar one-time marijuana users from having a gun, when does the bar end? If someone takes a single puff at a party in February, do they get their gun rights back in March? In November? And what about people who use marijuana more than occasionally? If someone takes a weed gummy a couple times a month to help them sleep, are they barred from owning a gun? Federal appeals courts, as defendant Ali Hemani's lawyers argue in his brief, have struggled to answer these questions. That's a serious constitutional problem, because the Supreme Court has long held that the government violates due process when it takes away "someone's life, liberty, or property or property under a criminal law so vague that it fails to give ordinary people fair notice of the conduct it punishes."

The Supreme Court will decide if marijuana users may be barred from owning guns
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Dope Discussions chat with Janna Champagne,
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DICK & Dank chat with Inhouse Genetics. We talk all things #weed #marijuana #redblue and how to change the world.
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cocaine is basically the only common drug that's weaker now than it was 40 years ago. weed, psychs, opioids—they've all gotten much more potent, on average. meanwhile coke today is a shadow of 80s coke—there's a reason a gram costs less now even in absolute dollars (~$80) than it did in 1985 (~$100)

“It's an artist's duty to reflect the times in which we live.”

- Nina Simone 🎶💔💕

Dunk explains #mardigras and why she had to cheer for the #patriots. On the latest...DICK & Dank!

How do you think Gary Hart feels? It was one picture!

Apparently I am behind the times.

Major thanks to Google AI for teaching me the right way to conceal bong smoke in the house 🫠

Teaser graphic for a Pot Culture Magazine feature labeled “Black Market Economics.” Headline reads “Why Illegal Weed Thrives in Legal Cannabis Markets.” Subtext explains that Nevada raids cannot erase illicit cannabis and that demand, high taxes, and loopholes keep underground sales alive. Bottom half shows a split image of cannabis plants on one side and stacked cash on the other. Pot Culture Magazine branding and website appear at the bottom. PotCultureMagazine.com ©2026 Pot Culture Magazine Art Dept.

Tomorrow at 10 AM, Nevada shows the truth regulators avoid. You cannot raid your way out of demand. The black market adapts; legalization alone does not fix it.
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We're halfway through another week Smokin' Buddies! Let's get the 2nd half of the week going with a big wake & bake sesh!!

Gramps is doing great this morning! Also, the big grow tent is completely cleaned out and we're about ready to pop new seeds for the next grow!

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Are Republicans in Pa. ready for legal weed this year? Advocates are skeptical. Pa. Democratic lawmakers say it’s time for Senate Republicans to act, but a key GOP lawmaker says his caucus is “very divided” on the issue.

PA Republicans are hesitant to support marijuana legalization despite a push from advocates & Gov. Shapiro. Prospects for passage this year appear dim.

We know this is Bluesky and we have 7K followers on Instagram so we're celebrating everywhere and anywhere! #dickanddank #weedlife Hint...we're a little more active at Mr.Dank5 on Insta!

Hawaii Lawmakers Approve Bill To Let Patients Use Medical Marijuana At Health Facilities - Marijuana Moment Hawaii lawmakers have advanced a bill to allow qualifying patients to access medical marijuana at health facilities. In one of the latest examples of states pursuing what’s known as “Ryan’s law”—a ref...

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Cannabis drinks may cut alcohol consumption, study finds, as Missouri weighs hemp THC rules People who drink cannabis beverages may be consuming less alcohol, according to a recent study.

People who drink cannabis beverages may be consuming less alcohol, according to a recent study.

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Study Finds Cannabis Usage in Middle Aged and Older Adults Associated With Larger Brain Volume, Better Cognitive Function New research found, contrary to assumptions, cannabis usage by middle age and older adults led to better cognition and larger brain volumes.

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Delaware Lawmakers Approve Bill To Decriminalize Public Marijuana Use And Remove Threat Of Jail Time - Marijuana Moment Delaware lawmakers have approved a bill to decriminalize public consumption of marijuana. Under current law, Delaware is the only cannabis legalization state in the U.S. that imposes the threat of jai...

Delaware Lawmakers Approve Bill To Decriminalize Public Marijuana Use And Remove Threat Of Jail Time
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New Hampshire Lawmakers Take Up Bill To Let Voters Legalize 'A Modest Amount' Of Marijuana At The Ballot This November - Marijuana Moment New Hampshire House lawmakers have taken up a bipartisan bill that seeks to put a constitutional amendment on the state ballot that would let voters decide if they want to legalize “a modest amount” o...

The New Hampshire House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee held a hearing on a proposed constitutional amendment to put the issue of marijuana legalization on the November ballot for voters to decide
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DICK & Dank miss #groundhogday but here's another Bill Murray movie in What About Bob? Listen for tips for growing weed on the #border and how to handle #bordercontrol. #Weedlife #marijuana

EU’s New Drug Strategy Could Complicate European Cannabis Regulation The European Commission’s draft EU Drug Strategy has triggered a backlash, warning that the framework could complicate Europe’s emerging legal cannabis markets.

New EU-Anti-Drug plans impose risk on developing legal cannabis markets, civil rights movement sends protest note:
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End of Major Corruption Case Embarrasses N.Y. Cannabis Regulators

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South Dakota Lawmakers Reject Bill to Let Dying People Use Medical Marijuana in Hospitals - Filter A South Dakota legislative committee has rejected a bill that would have allowed terminally ill patients to use medical cannabis ...

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