The month I graduated a movie called “The Man With the Golden Arm was released. I think I remember Frank Sinatra was in it. That was the first time I can remember hearing about heroin. Many of us liked the sound track so well we bought the album. Your alcohol argument is a straw man as alcohol is a LEGAL drug. If you want to continue pushing the use of illegal drugs I want nothing more to do with you.
You never heard anything about alcohol? It's a drug (caloric content notwithstanding).
Your alcohol argument is a straw man
What do you think my "alcohol argument" is? (By calling it a "legal drug" you've agreed that it is a drug.)
as alcohol is a LEGAL drug.
It is now; for the 13 years it was illegal, people used it anyway and thereby enriched criminals, just as is the case with today's illegal drugs.
If you want to continue pushing the use of illegal drugs
I have never advocated the use of any drug, including alcohol (nor tobacco).
Seems to me that Mr. Eberling “borrowed” a great deal of Milton Freedman’s work for this article.