What would happen if we legalised drugs? This is David McCandless ' take

Legalising drugs: would it work, by Information is Beautiful

Former drugs minister Bob Ainsworth last week called for drugs to be legalised. He cited the harms of the drug trade, at home and internationally.

Amid all austerity measures and cuts, I wondered if there couldn't be a better reason to legalise. Cash.

If the government, taxed and controlled the supply of narcotics, how much money would it raise for the economy?

The Data

Sourced from a report by the Independent Drugs Monitoring Unit

Condensed and arranged nicely here: http://bit.ly/drug_deal

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