Prohibition Revisited

So where is the reason? Clearly, prohibition cannot protect the innocent from the lawless. Even more clearly, it cannot protect the substance abuser from himself or his tormentors. But it can definitely protect the positions of the gangs, syndicates, cartels and enforcement bureaucrats. Oddly enough, drug prohibition has created lucrative job opportunities for the street gangs of the inner cities. That's more than one can say for welfare, affirmative action and other ill-conceived government experiments in social engineering. No one rationalizes prohibition on that basis even though this perverse form of government social activism may well be its only redemption.

I think we can handle a little more freedom and personal responsibility without the long arm of the law being used to keep us in line. Don't you?