PROHIBITING ALCOHOL JUST DID NOT WORK

I'm writing about Stacy Leger's thoughtful letter, "Why are all cigarettes
and miscellaneous drugs legal?" Certainly, if drugs were made illegal based
upon their danger and the harm they cause, tobacco should be the first
product prohibited and alcohol the second.

We tried prohibiting alcohol and it didn't work. Alcohol prohibition caused
much more harm than it prevented. It corrupted all levels of government
from the cops on the beat on up.

People didn't stop buying alcohol, they just stoped buying it from legal
sources. The sale and distribution was controlled by criminal gangs. The
alcohol was of unknown quality, purity and potency that resulted in
needless deaths and needless blindings.

Essentially the same thing is happening today with the prohibition of
recreational drugs. It's not working either.

Except to provide full employment for those doing the prohibiting.

Kirk Muse

Mesa, Arizona