Drug Decriminalization

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by aegsm76

Aquila - Prohibition was a response to problems in society.
I would not call it a total disaster, as it did curb the rampant alcoholism that was loose, at the time.
However, it did create some other issues...

Bro... alcoholism skyrocketted. What are you talking about? lol

[aegsm76]

Originally Posted by Aquila

Bro... alcoholism skyrocketted. What are you talking about? lol

Can you give me a link?

I distinctly remember doing some research that showed alcohol consumption fell sharply during Prohibition.

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by aegsm76

Can you give me a link?

I distinctly remember doing some research that showed alcohol consumption fell sharply during Prohibition.

http://www.druglibrary.org/prohibitionresults1.htm

[aegsm76]

Originally Posted by Aquila

http://www.druglibrary.org/prohibitionresults1.htm

Any website that has a banner ad that states "Marijuana Business News.Com" is probably not going to be objective on this subject...


However, I did read it.
It appears they have sliced and diced the data, to fit their conclusions.

In spite of some issues with wikipedia, I find them fairly reliable and here is what they say;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol...er_prohibition