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 From: penny@pen.rhys 
  
 On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 14:44:06 GMT, "pcourterelle"  
 wrote: 
  
 >"penny"  wrote in message 
 >news:1ju7s1d9l5t2opccph9gt0nch2u9fgbekf@4ax.com... 
 >> On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 11:42:53 GMT, "Tom Morrison" 
 >>  wrote: 
 > 
 > 
 >>>As stated earlier, I don't believe the size of the market has anything to 
 >>>do with the effectiveness of any prohibition. 
 >> 
 >> It does in a democracy. 
 > 
 >State precisely by what mechanism a democracy limits the effectiveness of 
 >black markets? 
  
 Democracies have laws that protect the people from being ripped off. 
 One example is "price controls". 
  
 The black market in Pharmaceutical Drugs  on the Internet is thriving 
 in  America.    Here in Canada we have "price controls" on 
 pharmaceuticals so even though our drug prices are high they are 
 nowhere close to the prices in the US. That's why American seniors are 
 pouring over our borders to buy our drugs or are buying from Canadian 
 pharmacists on the Net. 
  
 Penny 
  
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