Question by rhodalumpkin: With a limited amount of funding, which drug abuse system would you consider the best?
Several ways to address drug abuse are treatment, enforcement, interdiction, and prevention. With a limited amount of funding, which of these four ways would you emphasize?

Best answer:

Answer by SPLATT
The cheapest is shooting the drug dealers, without trial.

Have their families pay for the bullet, just as China does.

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