When police raided a London nightclub known for selling illegal drugs, nine people were arrested. However, everybody was led outside, searched and photographed, whether or not drugs were found in their possession. Visiting a nightclub is not yet a crime, so it is a troubling breach of civil liberties that the police should keep a record of these people. Many of us are more comfortable with dealers operating in dark corners of nightclubs, rather than selling crack openly on busy daytime streets. Therefore, we should simply accept that drugs will be sold in nightclubs and hope they can be contained there.