Busting the tinnie houses

Lets look at busting tinnie houses.

Rodney Hide has a great story here.

Travelling through a variety of places you get to see drug policy in action if you mix for any length of time with the locals. You can easily deduce from conversation that drug prices are higher in countries with harsh penalties but the availability is much the same. Drugs being desirable is part of the human condition.

Police forces have poured enormous resources into enforcement in some parts of the world. The efforts to kerb drug usage generally only increase prices and reduce social chatter about usage. As enforcement goes up organised crime becomes established. We like many other counties need to balance the health risks of drug usage vs the health risks of organised crime and drug usage.

I can't think of a better way to enshrine a life of association with drugs than a prison sentence.

Organised crime, increased prices, users committing crime for money and giving lots of people criminal convictions. This is a great way to keep both buyers and sellers associated with drugs.

And we call this an effective drug policy ?