Reply #25: alrighty then

[iverglas]

"the person is trying to say that drug prohibition is a major factor in our homocide rates being so high in the US."

(Please, please: the subject is homIcide. I hesitate to think what homOcide might be.)

I don't disagree that drug prohibition has led to violence. I don't disagree that the cure has been worse than the disease.

I do find it interesting that in Canada, which has similar drug prohibitions (not counting very recent developments relating to cannabis), our homicide rates are substantially lower. Ditto for many other OECD-type countries.

Can anybody think of some differences between Canada and the US that could explain this fact?

Obviously, the rate of homicides in Canada that are *not* in any way related to drug prohibition or the black market in drugs is also lower.

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