And More on Pot Prohibition
Imagine if alcohol were prohibited the way marijuana is. Would the Coors crime family be gunning down Federal agents? Would it lead to outrageous growth in organized crime? Oh, yeah ... alcohol used to be prohibited and that's exactly the type of thing that happened.
This week's Libertarian Perspective op-ed on the Libertarian Party of California website is a scathing statement on the futility of the Federal anti-pot war that recently led to a death and the wounding of a game warden right here in Santa Clara County:
Anthony Gregory, "The War on Pot Endangers Us All"
The only question is, What type of marijuana market do we want: an open, legal one, regulated by the forces of reputation, competition, and peaceful conflict resolution, or a violent black market right out of the history book chapters on Al Capone? It's no mystery that liquor distilleries don't get into turf wars anymore. Legalize marijuana, and we can expect similar peace to follow.
posted by Mike Laursen @ 2:19 PM
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Thought you might like this. Another casualty in the war on drugs (shot dead over 2 oz of marijuana):
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-cswat10aug10,0,1201898.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines
How awful.
When alchohol was illegal, it did involve deadly shootouts. And organized crime did most of the booze running.
It is clear if pot (and all illegal drugs) were legalized, the death from violence related to drug sales and enforcement would stop.
duh, strike that first sentence. You already said that.
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