A new study by the Cancer Foundation of China estimates that tobacco (aka drug) company profits are less than the costs to treat smoking related diseases in China.

Worldwide governments need to move to a free market approach to drugs.  The price needs to be high enough to not only pay for treatment and education, but low enough so the black market does not thrive.

Mexico and other countries south of there have had a terrible spate of violence around drug traffickers.  This is all thanks to the instatiable US demand.  The US spend on this “war” has done nothing to change usage patterns in the US.  Time to end that and go to a market based system that keeps more capital in the consumer countries, and decreases use.