Decriminalization: What would happen?

Alrighty, I’ll bite, sort of, on drug abuse policy issues. I’m triggered by a recent comment responding to a guest post over at the blog of some dude who’s famous mostly as the brother of one of our most insightful commenters around here. Before I get to my ish, you might find the dueling Drug War perspectives of the aforementioned guest poster, Radley Balko (agin’ it), and David Freddoso (fer it) over on Culture 11 interesting.