Tekst przywołuje myśli Miltona Friedmana (noblista z 1976 w dziedzinie ekonomii, zwolennik legalizacji), przytoczę dwie z nich:
"The young are not dissuaded by the bullets that fly so freely in disputes between competing drug dealers - bullets that fly only because dealing drugs is illegal. Al Capone epitomizes our earlier attempt at Prohibition; the Crips and Bloods epitomize this one."
"If you look at the drug war from a purely economic point of view, the role of the government is to protect the drug cartel."