Some Critics of the Current Drug Policy Believe That the Government

Some critics of the current drug policy believe that the government colludes with and protects drug dealers in order to keep the public "doped up," passive, and politically inactive and that if the authorities were allowed to arrest and imprison the traffickers at the top of the distribution hierarchy, drug selling would be brought to a halt and the drug trade would go out of business. Comment, making use of facts and details that are discussed in this chapter.