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So, anyone who's watched any more than one HBO show probably realizes that there is a lot of actor sharing going on. What I just discovered, though, is that one of the most interesting and thought provoking plot lines in The Wire was first used in the Oz series. I'm speaking of the Hamsterdam experiment Bunny Colvin implements in Season 5? of the wire. The precursor is in Season 5? of Oz, when Tim is fired and Querns (played by the same guy who does Carcetti's advisor in the Wire) decides to try ignoring drugs and sex etc. as long as there is no violence. Are the violence and suffering that accompany the drug trade the real thing that provokes "The War on Drugs," or is it the drugs themselves? Which, morally, should we object to, and why? The drugs or the social effects, some if which can be attributed to the enforcement of drug law and not the sale of narcotics per se.