Prohibition hikes the mark-up on prices – an astounding 15,000% in the case of cocaine traveling to Europe from Andean processing facilities. While the war on drugs focuses on bringing down cartels and their kingpins, it perversely aids the health of their markets, which nestle within legitimate trade flows and respond to price incentives.
禁毒措施促成了毒品价格上涨，从安第斯加工厂运到欧洲的可卡因令人震惊的上涨15,000%。 在禁毒战争关注摧毁卡特尔及其主要人物的同时，却顽强地促进了在合法贸易流动的夹缝中生存并对价格激励作出反应的毒品市场的健康。