The sale of illegal drugs has consequences for both sellers and buyers. However, legal penalties are generally imposed aggressively on the suppliers of drugs rather than on the demanders. Think about the impact these penalties likely have on supply and demand.

Then, in your initial post to this discussion, address the following prompt based on what you've learned in this module about supply and demand:

How might the effects of prohibiting drugs have been different had legal penalties been imposed more aggressively on demanders rather than on suppliers?