magfrump comments on Is Politics the Mindkiller? An Inconclusive Test - Less Wrong

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Comment author: magfrump 29 July 2012 12:45:13PM 1 point [-]

It applies to abortion, prostitution, drugs, ...

I am pretty sure that, in practice, this does not actually apply to drugs. A couple of references indicate that criminalization does not decrease and decriminalization does not increase drug abuse. I don't have the time/resources/expertise to search through academic articles for explicit numbers, if someone else wanted to give more thorough summaries I would be much obliged.