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>A better example of prohibition backfiring is with marijuana, where before prohibition ~0% of Americans were marijuana users, whereas today ~85% of American ad
by undersuit 10y ago
>A better example of prohibition backfiring is with marijuana, where before prohibition ~0% of Americans were marijuana users, whereas today ~85% of American adults have used marijuana.
No a better example was when Alex3917 made up shit, and then tried to legitimize his shit by comparing regular "users" to the population that has had at least one use. Wait that's not a better example, I'm just calling you out.
Cannabis use was alive and well before Federal Prohibition, Alcohol and Marijuana. ~0% of Americans were users? Maybe in the early 1400s.
- Alex3917 10y agoHarry Anslinger estimated that there were 100,000 marijuana users when marijuana was banned 1937, when the U.S. population was ~129 million. In other words, a little less than 0.08%, or ~0%. Fail.
- TylerE 10y agoGetting your drug "facts" from Anslinger is like trusting what Jerry Falwell says about homosexuality.
- Alex3917 10y agoSure, but he wasn't exactly known for underestimating the scope of any drug-related problems. A better analogy would be that if Falwell says that gay marriage isn't responsible for causing hurricanes, you can probably take his word for it.
- dang 10y agoComments that argue in an uncivil and personal way are not allowed on HN, regardless of how wrong someone else is. Please don't post like this here. We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13847157 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13847157 and marked it off-topic.