Richard Schlak asked Bob Blanton:

Enjoyed very much the continuation of the Stone series. The positive tone, the progression of the characters' abilities and maturity, and the focus on helping and defending people without the entire world being at risk every time - all make this one of my favorite series to read. In this book 4, you seem to paint the drug dealers as evil but drug dealing as a "victimless crime". How do you yourself see this issue?

Bob Blanton I think that making drugs illegal creates more crime. Drug use is victimless as it is self-destructive, but making it illegal doesn't fix it, it just makes it harder to treat the base problem. It also creates guaranteed income for criminals.

The more money we spend on fighting drug use, the more violent the dealers and distributors become. It seems like a vicious cycle. Users move to more addictive drugs mainly because they're cheaper, I know there are no easy answers, but I like what the European countries are trying.

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Richard Schlak Thank you for your comments! I agree that we seem to be spinning our wheels in the war on drugs. A positive, different course of action would be welco ...more
Jun 07, 2021 12:50PM · flag