Consider the debate around the 1920s Prohibition Era with the call for legalization of marijuana for casual use and the changing legal limits for alcohol today. Identify similar issues for each. What lessons from Prohibition can be applied to actions to legalize marijuana today?
2007-01-15 04:00:23 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Marijuana was prohibited after alcohol prohibition was repealed. Before that it could be purchased. I have seen government seals for the packaging from that era
2007-01-15 04:05:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Criminalizing the use of a substance automatically creates an extremely lucrative criminal field of enterprise. In turn this so re-acts with the otherwise non-criminal section of society that otherwise law-abiding citizens are drawn into the criminal acts of using the substance, and have a vested interest in protecting the original criminals. This in turn has a corrosive effect on the overall morals of society. That may not seem logical - but it is how things work in practice.
2007-01-15 04:06:19 · answer #2 · answered by Tony B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think legalization of marijuana should NEVER happen.
A couple of my friends used to do marijuana and suffer from problems because of it. My one friend can't remember almost anything from his days on pot and almost lost the best thing he had (an on-off girlfriend who happens to be my best friend and has been with him for well over a year now) because of his stupidity while on pot, lying to her, telling her he stopped, etc.
Also, a lot of people in rehab recovering from drug addiction (including marijuana) actually score "mentally retarded" on their IQ tests. That's pretty bad...
2007-01-15 04:09:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋