> Sobriety and self-control are essential to a functioning society and especially a liberal democracy. Freedom, to the extent we have it, requires that we can g

> Sobriety and self-control are essential to a functioning society and especially a liberal democracy. Freedom, to the extent we have it, requires that we can govern ourselves. Connecting sobriety to prohibition stands on the premise that people need a nanny state to decide what they are allowed to put in their bodies. And on the premise that prohibition has a positive effect. I don't believe in the first one and am very open to seeing any proof of drug prohibition resulting in sobriety. What I can see clearly as it is very well documented, is the prohibition-related incarceration (of mostly people whom the police or government wants incarcerated anyways). http://november.org/graphs/Federal1914.gif http://november.org/graphs/Federal1914.gif Any proof of positive change caused by prohibition?