Not to mention the drastic increase in accurate market information. The amount of misinformation and lies (reefer madness) about drugs coming from well meaning (that might be generous) people and organizations about illegal drugs is staggering. Some people trust this and never try drugs, other people try drugs and realize they've been lied to, which leads to a lack of trust in the information presented about drugs. This is a bad thing because some drugs truly do have very bad downsides.

Sometimes I wish kids were forced to truly grok some of the basics of economic theory before getting to high school. I wonder how different the world would be if even a few percent more people didn't take some of the actions they do that are clearly counterproductive.