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The banning of marijuana, meth, heroin and cocaine has not exactly been a resounding success. It has opened the door to massive violent crime opportunity, cost
by dasil003 11y ago
The banning of marijuana, meth, heroin and cocaine has not exactly been a resounding success. It has opened the door to massive violent crime opportunity, cost the taxpayers billions, and led the greatest incarceration rate of any country in the world. There is no way in which it makes sense; the situation only persists because of the strong puritanical streak that makes it politically popular to pretend doubling down on the war on drugs will somehow make the country better.
- hapless 11y agoNo, drug bans have not been outstanding successes, but they've gone very well compared to prohibition of alcohol. It is at least physically possible to control the distribution of methamphetamine and heroin precursors. The same is not true for alcohol. No alcohol ban could ever work, conceptually.
- dasil003 11y agoThat's a pointless technicality. It's easier to get meth than moonshine.
- HCIdivision17 11y agoBelieve it or not, I can just buy moonshine off the shelves where I live. I don't (because moonshine), but I could. It's a bit expensive and you can't buy gallon jugs of it, but it's there.