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And Japan?

The selling of illicit drugs.

Agreed, but if you don't address the demand problem you can't beat the supply problem. And that's where we are now.

There hasn't been a serious "war on drugs" for over 30 years in the UK. Most drugs are de-facto legal since the laws are simply not enforced. To say "prohibition of drugs is a counterproductive failure" is a straw-man, because there is no enforcement. The laws would probably have been dropped many years ago were it not for international treaty obligations.

YC has also made ethically-questionable investments in the cannabis industry.

How much does it cost to be smuggled from Afghanistan to Belgium? Exactly.

You can't solve political problems with judges and riot police.