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ZenGum · 07-14-2011, 09:13 PM

I saw a bit of a doco about the USA last night. It pointed out how prohibition was an obvious failure, but wasn't repealed until 1933, and this was only done because in the Great Depression the govt. really really needed the money from booze tax.

Maybe the Great Recession of the 2010s economics plus sense will trump wowserism and cannabis prohibition will also be repealed. Maybe.

In fact, it is interesting to trace the history of these things. From 1870 to 1916 or so was The Great Binge, when everything was legal. You could send "care packages" to the front in WWI with morphine, cocaine and heroin. By 1925 all of tese, and even alcohol (US) were banned. In some cases, we're still banning more drugs, but in come cases, were starting to un-ban.

07-14-2011, 09:13 PM	#13
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I saw a bit of a doco about the USA last night. It pointed out how prohibition was an obvious failure, but wasn't repealed until 1933, and this was only done because in the Great Depression the govt. really really needed the money from booze tax. Maybe the Great Recession of the 2010s economics plus sense will trump wowserism and cannabis prohibition will also be repealed. Maybe. In fact, it is interesting to trace the history of these things. From 1870 to 1916 or so was The Great Binge, when everything was legal. You could send "care packages" to the front in WWI with morphine, cocaine and heroin. By 1925 all of tese, and even alcohol (US) were banned. In some cases, we're still banning more drugs, but in come cases, were starting to un-ban. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.