Pubdate: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 Source: Independent (UK) Copyright: 2010 Independent Newspapers (UK) Ltd. Contact: http://www.independent.co.uk/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/209 Author: John Chase Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10/n441/a11.html Perspectives on Drug Prohibition Belated Thanks Johann Hari's opinion piece on US drug prohibition connects the dots back to America's "noble experiment" to stamp out alcohol, and does it better than anything I've read in the US. Thanks to Mr Hari for that, and a belated thanks to the UK for smuggling good liquor to my grandparents' generation in the 1920s. Someday this new prohibition too will pass, helped by Mr Hari's writing. Palm Harbor, Florida, USA - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake