Quote Originally Posted by oskar
If that were so, you'd think crime statistics would support that, but they don't. Time and time again an increase in policing does not lead to a reduction in crime and a reduction in policing does not lead to an increase in crime
This isn't much of a surprise, but we're not talking about reducing policing here, we're talking about abolishing it. I'd counter that if there is no policing at all, crime will inevitably go up. Who are the supermarkets going to call when some thieving little bastard robs some gin? Feds? Who's going to go and deal with twats fighting outside a pub? SWAT? You need goons.

A number of countries have drug testing places where you can go in and check the purity of what you have...
This is great but you still need to regulate the market, and you need to enforce regulation.