The Iron Law of Prohibition

The more fiercely a prohibition is enforced, the harder it is to move large volumes of illegal substances. The very fact that narcotics are prohibited encourages the use of ever more concentrated and dangerous forms. Fentinal is approximately four thousand times as potent as heroine. To conceptualize the difference, consider sugar. If used to smuggle heroine disguised as eight sugar bags through the airport, you can now smuggle carfetinel a disguised as a single, very deadly sugar cube. Under the iron law of prohibition, efforts to interrupt and suppress the illic drug supply produce economic and logistical pressures favoring ever more compact substitutes.