Tom Woods interviews Mark Thornton on the economics of the illegal drug market.

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There’s a possibly counterintuitive solution to the heroin epidemic, says Mark Thornton: legalization. We discuss his recent article.

About the Guest

Mark Thornton, a senior fellow of the Mises Institute, is book review editor of the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics and teaches economics at Auburn University.

Article Discussed

“The Legalization Cure for the Heroin Epidemic”