Prohibition vs the War on Drugs
Prohibition vs. War on Drugs
Prohibition and the War on Drugs are not so different; both are useless and cause more harm than good to the economy. In time, as what was shown during Prohibition, this “war” will die out. Many “unions” were created to fight the consumption of Alcohol and is shown today for use of Marijuana. Prohibition and the war on drugs have also caused much unnecessary violence that could have easily been avoided if these items were just legalized. Prohibition was a black eye in the history of the United States. Prohibition started in 1920 and ended in 1933. Prohibition cause more harm than good in the U.S. in the length of time that it was in effect. Prohibition was instituted with ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution on January 16, 1919, and went into effect in the 1920’s. Congress passed the "Volstead Act" on October 28, 1919, to enforce the law. Most big cities and most states did not like this, so much so, that they didn’t enforce this law and kept selling, buying, and drinking alcohol; in fact, most of the Police officers and government officials themselves were still consuming, buying, and selling alcohol. So really, what was the point of it? This made many criminals who took advantage of Alcohol being illegal and made huge profits. Marijuana, most think of this as a gateway drug, but isn’t that what all drugs are? Anyways, this phony “War on Drugs” is just a way for the government to stop themselves from regulating something that doesn’t really do any harm to any individuals. The government keeps pushing the Marijuana issue onto the backburner because they believe it’s not a “Top Issue”; But isn’t it time that someone steps up and says “Look, where are we going with the Marijuana issue and can we get there fast because it is wasting multiple billions of dollars because we are trying to arrest these “criminals” who are smoking weed. Now, there are some people who are criminals and are messing
Prohibition and the War on Drugs are not so different; both are useless and cause more harm than good to the economy. In time, as what was shown during Prohibition, this “war” will die out. Many “unions” were created to fight the consumption of Alcohol and is shown today for use of Marijuana. Prohibition and the war on drugs have also caused much unnecessary violence that could have easily been avoided if these items were just legalized. Prohibition was a black eye in the history of the United States. Prohibition started in 1920 and ended in 1933. Prohibition cause more harm than good in the U.S. in the length of time that it was in effect. Prohibition was instituted with ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution on January 16, 1919, and went into effect in the 1920’s. Congress passed the "Volstead Act" on October 28, 1919, to enforce the law. Most big cities and most states did not like this, so much so, that they didn’t enforce this law and kept selling, buying, and drinking alcohol; in fact, most of the Police officers and government officials themselves were still consuming, buying, and selling alcohol. So really, what was the point of it? This made many criminals who took advantage of Alcohol being illegal and made huge profits. Marijuana, most think of this as a gateway drug, but isn’t that what all drugs are? Anyways, this phony “War on Drugs” is just a way for the government to stop themselves from regulating something that doesn’t really do any harm to any individuals. The government keeps pushing the Marijuana issue onto the backburner because they believe it’s not a “Top Issue”; But isn’t it time that someone steps up and says “Look, where are we going with the Marijuana issue and can we get there fast because it is wasting multiple billions of dollars because we are trying to arrest these “criminals” who are smoking weed. Now, there are some people who are criminals and are messing
Cited: http://www.calmca.org/whos-with-us/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition#History http://www.history.com/topics/18th-and-21st-amendments “Most of my Own knowledge/opinions of this topic”.