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Fascinating article about prohibition:

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_an ... ingle.html
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I already posted it, but I shall remove it.

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MachineGhost wrote: I already posted it, but I shall remove it.

EDIT: Looks like we don't have permission to remove our own topcis without replies anymore.
My apologies - I didn't see your post for some reason.  It is a really great article.  Can you imagine the outcry today if the government were to start poisoning some controlled substance like cannabis?
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We learned about prohibition in school.  I'm shocked, SHOCKED, that my textbooks failed to mention the government killed 10,000 people in its bid to legislate morality.  At least today we're a more mature and merciful society.  Our efforts to legislate morality only result in people being thrown in cages rather than killed.
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RuralEngineer wrote: At least today we're a more mature and merciful society.  Our efforts to legislate morality only result in people being thrown in cages rather than killed.
These things take a while to come out  :-X
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