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rectify it how? the only thing society is really good at with regards to drugs is prohibition. you can’t impose regulations on an unregulated market

• zephen 5mo ago
  > the only thing society is really good at with regards to drugs is prohibition. Really? Seems to me that, in general, we suck at it.
  • bbor 5mo ago
    It does feel like that sometimes, but alcohol use plummeted during US prohibition.
    • ulrikrasmussen 5mo ago
      Initially, yes. But as illicit supply chains were established, usage crept back up. It didn't go all the way up to pre-prohibition usage, but it got pretty close. Just look at the graph in Figure 1 in this article: https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/pa157.pdf https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/pa157.pdf
    • fc417fc802 5mo ago
      If we carpet bomb a city and there's nothing left, does that count as a good job suppressing the guerilla insurgents? It's effective, sure ... although I don't know that drug prohibition has been particularly effective either.