Yeah, why should the Medellin cartel have all perks?

Scientists want in on the lucrative drug trade.

"We should welcome new methods of improving our brain function," and doing it with pills is no more morally objectionable than eating right or getting a good night's sleep, these experts wrote in an opinion piece published online Sunday by the journal Nature.

Right. So why are illegal drugs, well, illegal? If you decriminalize drugs like cannabis, or cocaine, or opium, or LSD, they wouldnt be so expensive. Businessmen wouldnt have to bribe officials, provide for means to evade arrest, buy arms and maintain cadres of goons that would jack up costs and raise prices. People wouldnt have to commit crimes to obtain them because theyll be cheaper. Drugs would probably be made safer because businessmen dont want their customers to, you know, die and not be able to buy their products anymore. Drugs like nicotine and alcohol are readily available despite the fact that they kill thousands every year.