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Time To Discuss Drug Prohibition?

Posted by kdawson on from the with-your-remaining-brain-cells dept.

gplus writes "December 5th was the 75th anniversary of the end of alcohol prohibition in the US. The Wall Street Journal has an op-ed which argues that now may be the time to discuss our war on drugs and the drug prohibition currently in place. The article argues that the harm caused by the banned substance must be balanced against the harms caused by the prohibition. As to why Americans in 1933 finally voted to end prohibition, while we barely even discuss it: 'Most Americans in 1933 could recall a time before prohibition, which tempered their fears. But few Americans now can recall the decades when the illicit drugs of today were sold and consumed legally. If they could, a post-prohibition future might prove less alarming.'"

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  1. SMOKE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    SMOKE

    1. Re:SMOKE by denmarkw00t · · Score: 5, Funny

      ARE YOU SMOKING YET?

    2. Re:SMOKE by DocHoncho · · Score: 5, Funny

      'sarchasm'.

      Is that the gulf between a sarcastic comment and someone who takes it literally?

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  2. Or better yet by kbrasee · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let's just bring back alcohol prohibition.

    1. Re:Or better yet by cayenne8 · · Score: 5, Funny
      "Let's just bring back alcohol prohibition."

      I'll drink to that....err.....wait.....

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  3. Re:Elimitate upselling by Drakonik · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think that the worst that's ever happened to my pot-smoking friends is that they got very baked one day, and ran down to the 7-11 to buy taquitos. That's stimulating the economy. How can you possibly think that's bad?