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Apparently I have not put a
fine enough point on my opposition to the legalization of drugs. Alcohol is legal or illegal on a state and place basis. Use it responsibly, it’s legal. Don’t, its illegal. If a state, or county or city want to prohibit the sale of alcohol, some or all of the time, they may.
Alcohol wasn’t legalized. It was defederalized. The federal laws were withdrawn. The gang violence of Prohibition stopped, in spite of the fact that many states, towns and counties continued to be dry long after Prohibition ended. Some are still dry today.
Looking back, we can see that AA has done more to address alcohol’s problems than a thousand Elliot Ness’s ever did, or could. Meanwhile, we have enough state and local laws in place that defederalization wouldn’t bring about any big changes in the short run.
Federal policy has failed on two critical accounts: (1) keeping drugs out of the hands of children, and (2) keeping the peace, both nationally and internationally.
Over the years I have spoken to many people about
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