The law can discourage them from occuring frequently. It can also encourage them to occur more frequently. Laws do not create criminals, Chris. Laws merely write the job description. People apply for the job through their own will.
Laws define acts that, if performed, make the performer a criminal.
Most, if not all, of us are criminals. Welcome to the criminal underworld. HE is responsible for his actions. This is not talk.politics.drug.public-policy. Politics implies public policy.