The "War" on Drugs

[gekko]

Originally Posted by Professor S

Unfortunately, history does not agree with you. When prohibition began, organized crime skyrocketed along with the black market for illegal alcohol. It was so prevalent that it affects our culture today. Stock car racing (NASCAR) was created by RUMRUNNERS who used to try and outrun the law to get moonshine up north.

When alcohol was decriminalized, all crime related to it disintegrated and added costs of distribution were adopted by those in the trade, and in fact the taxes on alcohol have been a huge boost state funding.

That's not exactly the same. Alcohol was being produced in America, was made illegal, and then legal again. The main difference was it was being produced here. Some of it still is. Others are made by legitimate corporations in foreign countries, like the wonderful Laphroaig Distillery in Scotland.

I'm sorry, but cocaine is not being distributed around the world by law-abiding corporations, and we don't have any inside the United States which can suddenly sell legally to its citizens. You think they'll just suddenly stop sneaking it into the US and spend some extra money creating fancy packaging to sell it at Wal-Mart and then suddenly pay all the additional fees from the tarifs? I think you're nuts.