Well said my friend.When I was at college in the UK the council and police created a "toleration zone" in the city where I lived (a very large city by British standards!) This was done to contain prostitution mainly but it was generally understood there was drug use going on.Crime plummeted in that area and indeed all around the city. The girls who worked the streets were able to do so more safely as Social Workers and Doctors would regularly visit the area to make sure they were there of their own free will and were in good health. People who had a moral aversion to that type of thing knew where not to go - people who were OK with it knew where to go!Then as often happens there was a shift of power in government and the Council rather highhandedly decided prostitution was immoral and degrading to women and abolished the zone, to the extent that crime of course returned to its old levels.V.Quote from: mdmamail on April 06, 2012, 10:36 pmIn my city in Canada there was a block that used to be full of sketchy dealers who would fight all the time, rob customers and were a nightmare for the police. An organized criminal gang moved in and usurped control, they sell quietly out of a false front store on the block and no there's zero street dealing. The police know they are there and do nothing about it because it serves their interest.. no more unsightly street dealing or violent crime. During a major event here the cops even asked them to close so the press wouldn't find out about it and write stories to make the city "look bad".