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To: Gordon A. Langston who wrote (18131)	5/4/2000 5:19:00 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769669

The analogy with Prohibition is faulty. Beer, wine, and liquor had general cultural acceptance, and were woven into the culture of many lands. They are also comparatively easy to make at home, even if the versions are inferior. Both of those things guaranteed massive subversion. Also, although alcoholism is a terrible thing, it is less subject to abuse as a percentage of regular users than most proscribed drugs. The issue must be discussed on its own, without automatically applying the "lesson of Prohibition"....

To: Gordon A. Langston who wrote (18131)	5/4/2000 5:24:00 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769669

<<Doesn't this War on Drugs ring the bell of Prohibition?>> Yes it does. Too bad. The legal drugs "alcohol" and "nicotine" are actually responsible for creating much more havoc in our society than the illegal stuff. It is the beer drinking sector of society that is the most outspokenly against legalizing the other stuff. This issue of personal rights and choice wades in there some place as well. Lots of hypocrisy and schizophrenia keeping this boat afloat.