Coast Guard Reels In Record 355,000 Pounds of Cocaine in 2007

[Torgo]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,315424,00.html

[Jack]

Eh, it's like trying to empty Lake Superior with a bucket.  I mean, sure, at the end of the year you've got a whole lot of water you've removed, but... 

[Yaddo 42]

(Must resist urge to make a George W. Bush in the 1970s joke....)

La Lohan and Robert Downey Jr. must be crying their eyes out. But I agree with Jack, if they've seized that much, just think how much more is still getting through.

While the increase in drug prices due to a (slightly) decreased supply may price some people out of using, does it also drive the hardcore addict to commit more crimes to get the money to feed their habit since the price is higher now. I wonder if this will affect the crack market by leading to more recutting and dilution of the cocaine or lead to more violence among the large scale dealers if drug supplies actually get tighter.