Wasn't crime a factor too?
Here's my problem with our drug policy. When the puritans and Temperance League types wanted to ban alcohol, at least they had the decency to pass a Constitutional Amendment.
However, we allow our government to ban a whole host of substances by fiat (including rather harmless intoxicants like weed), without going through the proper legal motions.
We need to start our substance policy over from scratch and say to the Prohibitionists, "You want pot to be illegal? Fine. Go get a Constitutional Amendment."
Couldn’t agree with you more!