[scarface74]

Did prohibition make a difference in alcohol consumption? I can’t think of anyone who has ever said - “I really want to smoke weed. But it’s illegal.”

[celdon25]

Yes it did[1]. And yes, those people exist.

1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1470475/

[scarface74]

and It also led to other consequences according to most studies.

https://priceonomics.com/did-prohibition-reduce-drinking/

-increase in organized crime

- increase in incarceration rates.

But guess who gets incarcerated more because of the “war on drugs” and guess what happens when it starts affecting the suburbs? It’s then treated like “a disease”.

Tell me again why I want to give the government more power?