The price of vice

By Megan McArdle

Now that we've completely exhausted the topic of legalizing paid sex, we turn our attention to weightier matters, like . . . drugs. Alex Massie reports that in Britain a line of coke now costs less than a half-pint of cider. He sees it as a triumph of the free market. I see it as a cheap attempt to capture more tourist trade.

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