Low prices to get high

Today was not a good day for technology. The server at the office was glitching out when arrived this morning and Blogger was glitching this afternoon. This is what I tried to post then.

Well it's been as horrible a day as I expected so far and seems unlikely to get better when I return from lunch. I'm going to chill for while but check out this from Talk Left. The Independent reports that street prices have dropped so low for drugs in Britain that a line of cocaine is less expensive than a glass of wine, while a tab of ecstasy goes for as little as a dollar.

Ironically, I listened to the prohibitionist on CSPAN this morning declare that they are winning the War on Some Drugs. Get real. The only winner here is the black market, and even they can't be having an easy ride with prices so low. The numbers suggest that supply is so widely available, the dealers are forced to make their money on volume sales, meaning there are more illicit drugs on the streets, not less.