&gt; It would make the economic cost of addiction lower for the individual<p>Isn&#x27;t a low cost of addiction a <i>bad</i> thing?<p>I&#x27;m also not just talking about legalization, but mainly the thing about deregulation&#x2F;competition.  I see your logic though, I hope it&#x27;s not too wishful to assume that less doctors pushing drugs on patients will solve the issue.  I suppose it definitely will cut it back some.