Obviously, it was prohibition was passed as the law of the land.
“Obviously, it was prohibition was passed as the law of the land.”
Bingo.
Established the unholy alliance between politicians and organized crime as well as unleashing the full force and fury of the Central Government on the American people. Created a disdain and hatred for authority. All this lingers to this very day.
Interesting that banning alcohol took a Constitutional amendment but doing the same to marijuana just meant passing a law. And of course, Dubya Bush finished the Republic off with Gonzales v Raish, which let the feds outlaw anything they damned well please, even marijuana grown and consumed at home.
Shhhhh, the drug warriors and teatotalers are still quite active around here. On any cannabis thread the same tired old BS lines used by the advocates for prohibiting alcohol are considered to valid arguments; just because they didn’t work before.