John Fredrick Parker
Donor
Just learned something interesting: it seems the Harrison Act -- UIAM the first time the US government sought to regulate narcotics at a national level (second if you count the FDA in 1906) -- was only just upheld as constitutional in 1919 by a 5-4 decision. (This was US v Doremus)
Suppose it had gone the other way -- is it possible, if no replacements come in the next couple of years, that the national prohibition of cocaine and opiates is averted for another decade? (I'm thinking, maybe combined with a late PoD for averting OTL Prohibition -- though that may be another thread.)
If so, what could be the general effects -- on culture, the prospect for a "war on drugs", what have you?
Suppose it had gone the other way -- is it possible, if no replacements come in the next couple of years, that the national prohibition of cocaine and opiates is averted for another decade? (I'm thinking, maybe combined with a late PoD for averting OTL Prohibition -- though that may be another thread.)
If so, what could be the general effects -- on culture, the prospect for a "war on drugs", what have you?