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"Not True. During Prohibition teen deaths from alcohol overdose and bad hooch reached epidemic proportions."

OK. I'll bite. What constitutes "epidemic proportions"?

Considering about half of American teenagers admit to drinking alcohol, are you claiming more were drinking during prohibition? I don't buy that.

You also seem to be arguing that prohibition CAUSED their irresponsible behavior. That does not impress me as a very conservative position.

I can't seem to follow the logic of those advocating drug legalization. First they argue that drugs like marijuana are not addictive. Then they argue that people do these drugs because they can't help themselves.

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OK. I'll bite. What constitutes "epidemic proportions"?

I just ripped that from the headlines of newspapers across America. The "blind pig" scandals of the twenties caused schools to require students to eat lunch on campus. No student was allowed to leave the school grounds for any reason. Schools were fenced, for the first time in history, to keep out alcohol. Many schools were closed because they could not stop the flow of bootleg booze on campus.
Alcohol was the number one cause of teen death during prohibition.

First they argue that drugs like marijuana are not addictive. Then they argue that people do these drugs because they can't help themselves.

Really? Can you show me where anyone has done that?
I posted a list of real science and medical professionals who refute the propaganda myth of marijuana addiction.
Care to comment on that?
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