AHC and WI: No War on Drugs

[King Midas]

I have to differ with earlier posters re Prohibition. It has been my opinion for decades that Prohibition is a perfect Bad Example. By that I mean that we can always use it to show how well "prohibition" works.

We've tried -or are trying- top down law several times, not just with intoxication.
Alcohol
Other mood altering substances (re the topic of this thread)
Tobacco
Guns
Abortion

Heck, even the Dred Scott decisionwas solving a social question by fiat.

And everytime someone says, "why don't we just make it illegal?" I reply with "Because Prohibition worked SO well."

It worked as well as the efforts to keep tobacco out of the hands of teenagers. As well as the efforts to ban abortion, as well as the efforts to keep guns out of the hands of criminals...

 

[Barry Bull]

I have to differ with earlier posters re Prohibition. It has been my opinion for decades that Prohibition is a perfect Bad Example. By that I mean that we can always use it to show how well "prohibition" works.

We've tried -or are trying- top down law several times, not just with intoxication.
Alcohol
Other mood altering substances (re the topic of this thread)
Tobacco
Guns
Abortion

Heck, even the Dred Scott decisionwas solving a social question by fiat.

And everytime someone says, "why don't we just make it illegal?" I reply with "Because Prohibition worked SO well."

It worked as well as the efforts to keep tobacco out of the hands of teenagers. As well as the efforts to ban abortion, as well as the efforts to keep guns out of the hands of criminals...

Hum, it work quite well in Hong Kong, and I say we are still a relatively liberal city.

 

[Thanos6]

The real problem with any kind of Prohibition is half-measures. I don't think most things should be outlawed, but if you're going to try, you need to go all the way into fullblown police state measures. The kinds of things most democracies will stomach won't be enough.

 

[King Midas]

Originally Posted by King Midas
We've tried -or are trying- top down law several times, not just with intoxication.
Alcohol
Other mood altering substances (re the topic of this thread)
Tobacco
Guns
Abortion

Heck, even the Dred Scott decisionwas solving a social question by fiat.

And everytime someone says, "why don't we just make it illegal?" I reply with "Because Prohibition worked SO well."

Hum, it work quite well in Hong Kong, and I say we are still a relatively liberal city.

OK, could you expand on that?
Are you saying that Hong Kong has banned alcohol, tobacco, and opium, and that it is impossible to obtain any of the above in HK?
No one can get guns, or an abortion?
(We'll skip the runaway slave/definintion of property one )
Just really curious.