Evidence based policy..

I wonder if evidence based policy is ever going to become a reality: we could even blame it on the computers who calculate risk. It would also mean starting again with current laws which if you look at gun laws in the US, or property laws in the UK are fundamentals no 4 year government wants to mess with. And starting again often means revolution or Khamer Rouge or other nasties..

However: Someone gets badly hurt for every 350 trips on horseback; for ecstasy trips, the figure is one in 10,000. As politicaLLY unpaletable as it is, its hard to argue against killing horse-riders..