Response to the Article...prohibition...

In responce to the article reffering to "prohibition," I believe the author is reffering to a parallel to the "drug prohibition" and alcohol prohibition in the early 1900's in the US. During the prohibition era, alcohol was illegal causing organized crime to explode in the country over the new industry of smuggling illegal liquor to the public. In responce to this, the US government ended prohibition but put a tax on all liquor while making it illegal for private production of liquor. This resulted in a reduction in crime since liquor made by big companies could be sold for less than smuggled liquor, putting gangs out of business. The author believes that if the US government would end the current "drug prohibition" it would produce a similar result. Personally, I don't think it will work exactly like the author plans since there is a big difference between weed and alcohol, and I disagree with it on a moral level since illict drugs will not benefit society at all (at least alcohol helped Americans get through the great depression even though I myself don't drink or plan to drink at all).