Governments must also bring some consistency into reducing supply and demand
for drugs, both legal and illegal.
Just as we see how a reliance on taxation has
hamstrung Governments in their attempts to control tobacco and alcohol, so they
must resist widening the problem by attempting to regulate illicit drug use.
Not only
is this impractical; it will inevitably lead to greater use and greater harm as has been
illustrated by regulation of the tobacco and alcohol industries.
Governments should break all ties with the drug industry and prioritise the reducing
of supply and demand.
