Gasoline Prices to drop on Friday

You're right. I'm going to do my part by refusing that price reduction at the pumps today.

High prices, as social policy to encourage lower consumption, has its place. It certainly has worked in Canada, the UK and other countries with respect to cigarettes, for example.
Call me a cynic, but I doubt very much that high fossil fuel prices in Canada and Mexico have anything to do with social policy and everything to do with profiteering.

As an aside, with all these jurisdictions decriminalizing and/or legalizing marijuana possession and use, I wonder if progressive governments will tax the hell out of it, as social policy, to discourage consumption?
Or maybe, instead, they'll keep taxes low to encourage consumption, believing that a stoned population is easily-controlled.