Demand and supply

While I admire the efforts being done by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in busting illegal drug laboratories in the country I still have to say that finding these laboratories is not enough as we've already done this over and over again in the past. But still illegal drug laboratories heavily exist here in the Philippines. That should be a clear signal that something else must be done or at least another solution should be done in supplement to what they currently do.

Basically in business, most business-minded individual follow the rule of "demand and supply" which simply mean businesses supply (produce/market) whatever the demands of consumers. Being in business is about earning money and the only way for a business person to earn money is when people are buying whatever it is he/she sells. And it's only logical for business people to produce or market products and services that consumers/buyers/clients will buy because without consumers there would be zero business. Period. I know this because I'm a business person myself although I was more of a "need/want based" system as compared to "demand and supply" that's why business profit is not very overwhelming in the past. More about this maybe in the future...

Going back to the "business of illegal drugs" such as Shabu, Coccaine, etc... No matter how many illegal drug laboratories PDEA shuts down, there would still be others (possibly allies of the person busted as well) who will manufacture and distribute such products simply because a lot of people highly demands it! Demanding a product or service doesn't neccessarily mean people demanding such product is "need" as often times it's a "want" sadly most are an unneccessary want for that matter.

Now with my "demand and supply" explanation in mind, it's pretty obvious why busting out illegal drug laboratories is NOT ENOUGH. The statement, "Jail the pusher! Save the user" is a very bad idea. For one thing, users are not scared because there's almost zero consequence (in terms of jail time) on their part. For me, it would be best if we punish both the pusher and the user. Why? Because if there's no demand, then only a stupid business person shall manufacture and distribute a product or service that nobody need or want. In this case, if users are punished to the fullest extent then this "might" minimize or eliminate the demand because they will face a negative consequences if they are caught using illegal drugs.

I'm no congressman and I'm not even a lawyer but if there's no law that support the above suggested solution, then someone should write about this one or if there's already a law but doesn't support the above, then someone should amended it. If there's a law supporting the above suggested solution and is not being implement... Hmmm... Then someone is definitely profiting from this business.