Prohibitions are always doomed to failure. The war on pot has been as effective as the war on poverty or the war on alcohol. These wars simply result in less freedoms and great violations of our rights. We all own our own bodies. What we put into them is our own business.
The reasons pot is still illegal has more t with protecting Dupont’s fiber business than the public’s health.
“Prohibitions are always doomed to failure.”
How about our prohibition on murder?
Nobody thinks that the law will prevent all murders, and the fact that they still occur does not mean that the law is a failure. The law has, as I see it, three objectives:
1. To go on record with society’s disapproval of murder.
2. To deter as many murders as possible.
3. To establish the grounds for punishing murderers.
Neither are laws against pot designed to prevent all pot smoking. Further, there does seem to be less pot smoking than there was in the 1970s. I couldn’t walk across campus in the spring without smelling it multiple times. Last time I visited my alma mater, I didn’t smell it at all.
I would guess that the huge jump in prices had something to do with this, too.