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It does feel like that sometimes, but alcohol use plummeted during US prohibition.
by bbor 5mo ago
It does feel like that sometimes, but alcohol use plummeted during US prohibition.
- ulrikrasmussen 5mo agoInitially, 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 agoIf 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.