Originally Posted by Stop It

It can be argued that going around tax law costs billions and that directly affects the health of our finances, and because the NHS is paid for by tax, the health of our society as well.

So yes, they are comparable, even with your bizarre bar of comparison. Frankly, I did not consider, nor care for such an arbitrary point. On a legal basis, both ideas, whether to evade tax (Again, not bona-fide, accepted tax avoidance scheme) or to evade drugs laws, the outcome is the same. Exploiting a loop-hole with the knowledge that you're likely going to find it closed is questionable ethically and legally, whether you think the impact of society is. Tax evasion is not a victimless crime.