Pubdate: Fri, 26 Nov 2010
Source: DrugSense Blog
Website: http://drugsense.org/blog/

LETTER OF THE WEEK

WRONG ANTIDOTE

Apparently history has no lessons (Nov. 15). The legendary explosion 
of violence in the 1920s was caused not by the decriminalization of 
alcohol but by the criminalization of alcohol. It was not cured by 
redoubling enforcement but by re-establishing a legal and regulated industry.

Had the nation continued Prohibition, the Herald today would be 
reporting stories of murders caused by alcohol deals gone bad and 
disputes among bootleggers while piously cautioning its readers that 
drinking a beer is "not a victimless crime."

Andy Gaus, Boston

Pubdate: Thu, 18 Nov 2010

Source: Boston Herald (MA)

Reference: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10/n937/a06.html
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