So read the headline in one of Vancouver's daily freebies.The article goes on to tell of a man's fall into addiction and violent robbery and the damage he's done.The crown is asking for a sentence of 10 years.The man did hit several women over the head with an iron pipe.At this point he has to be punished.The defense is asking for 6 years which is still a big chunk out of someone's life.The man's wife tells of a wonderful husband and father that loses his job through government policy betrayals and a failure to be retrained with any success.He then becomes depressed and self medicates with crack cocaine.Only in the era of prohibition could such a tragic miscalculation happen.The criminal nature of the control of drugs under prohibition assures that people like this guy can obtain any and every drug known to man.The people selling these drugs have no pride in their work or care for the well being of their clients.They offer the most addictive drug with the shortest period of intoxication.Why not?