Question: 1. Use economics to compare three ways to reduce the demand for heroin:
(i) the substitution of another, less dangerous, and less debilitating drug, such as methadone for heroin, to registered addicts;
(ii) the free availability of the illegal substance to registered addicts; and
(iii) a legal proscription on use, which is the current policy.
2. If violent criminals were tested immediately after arrest, do you think that more of them would test positive for the recent consumption of drugs or a hamburger? What, then, is the significance of the high rate of drug use among criminals?