Source: The Examiner (Ireland) Section: Letters to the Editor Contact: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 Author: Gerald M Sutliff, NO-ONE'S LEARNED THE ERROR OF PROHIBITION LETTER-WRITER Hugh Robertson is correct when he states that it took the US Government ten years to realise its mistake and repeal Prohibition, The Noble Experiment. But here we are at the beginning of the 21st century and almost no government has learned, including the US, that prohibition of drugs doesn't work and is worse than the disease it tries to stop. At least, during alcohol Prohibition there were 'medical' and 'religious' exceptions. Not so here in the Land of the Free in 1998. Gerald M Sutliff, 6400 Christie Avenue 1409, Emeryville, CA 94608-1024, USA. - --- Checked-by: Rich O'Grady