ConcordeBoy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (8 years 2 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 956 times:
Question's pretty self-explanatory.... what logic (be it legal, social, or otherwise) allows alcohol to be legal, whereas so many other like substances-- many of arguably less social consequence-- are barred?
Also, for what reason(s) did Governmental Prohibition fail/collapse??
OzarkD9S From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 4684 posts, RR: 23 Reply 2, posted (8 years 2 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 943 times:
Prohibition failed because people demanded thier booze, organized crime cornered the market in and the resulting gangland violence and lack of abitlity to control the influx of alcohol into the country was eventually recognized as a failure.
If it's not legal, you can't tax it bro!
As far as other drugs it's more of a social aversion to them I guess...I've always felt that pot for instance was infinately less harmless than booze. Not totally harmless of course...but relatively speaking.
I'ld surely rather be in the car with a stoned driver than a drunk one.
Logan22L From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 8, posted (8 years 2 weeks 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 876 times:
Quoting DL021 (Reply 5): organize American criminals and make the Kennedy family rich.
Ian, have at least a small dose of integrity. No doubt, Joseph Kennedy had his fingers in the corn-pone pot, but at least try to slam a GOP dink at the same time.
Gigneil From United States of America, joined Nov 2002, 16215 posts, RR: 88 Reply 9, posted (8 years 2 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 873 times:
Because it gives people something to make after school specials about, and fighting against drugs gives us somewhere to waste billions of dollars of taxpayer money.
Its industry hypocrisy. Same reason tobacco isn't illegal. Tobacco offers nothing whatsoever to the user, yet we allow it because its a cash crop.
Logan22L From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 11, posted (8 years 2 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 862 times:
Quoting Gigneil (Reply 9): Because it gives people something to make after school specials about, and fighting against drugs gives us somewhere to waste billions of dollars of taxpayer money.
Its industry hypocrisy. Same reason tobacco is illegal. Tobacco offers nothing whatsoever to the user, yet we allow it because its a cash crop.
As a drinker and a smoker, I can add nothing to this. Spot on, Neil.
DL021 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 11435 posts, RR: 81 Reply 17, posted (8 years 2 weeks 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 753 times:
Quoting Logan22L (Reply 8): Ian, have at least a small dose of integrity. No doubt, Joseph Kennedy had his fingers in the corn-pone pot, but at least try to slam a GOP dink at the same time
OK...because I would then be forced to smuggle in my 24 year old single malt the same way I have to smuggle in my Cuban cigars.......
Quoting Gigneil (Reply 9): Because it gives people something to make after school specials about,
MidnightMike From United States of America, joined Mar 2003, 2892 posts, RR: 16 Reply 18, posted (8 years 2 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 739 times:
Quoting ConcordeBoy (Thread starter): Question's pretty self-explanatory.... what logic (be it legal, social, or otherwise) allows alcohol to be legal, whereas so many other like substances-- many of arguably less social consequence-- are barred?
Also, for what reason(s) did Governmental Prohibition fail/collapse??
Wow, that is a very complex question, first off, Alcohol has been around for quite some time, also, wine is served in the church, so, in a way, alcohol, is blessed by the church.
Alcohol, also, has the least side-affects of any narcotic type.
Prohibition failed due to the overwhelming pressure of common citizens that simply ignored it and the rise of crime attributed to "speak-easys" (ill-legal bars). Many people simply felt there was nothing wrong with drinking, unlike the way people about cocaine, or heroin.
Pope From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 19, posted (8 years 2 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 732 times:
Quoting OzarkD9S (Reply 2): If it's not legal, you can't tax it bro!
Quoting Gigneil (Reply 9): Its industry hypocrisy. Same reason tobacco isn't illegal. Tobacco offers nothing whatsoever to the user, yet we allow it because its a cash crop.
Exactly. Follow the money. Alcohol companies make tons of $$$. The $$$ allows them to buy lots of influence. The governments love the taxes. Its a symbiotic relationship.
September11 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 3623 posts, RR: 23 Reply 21, posted (8 years 2 weeks 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 726 times:
One thing I NEVER understand is that alcohol is legal while marijuana is not legal!
DucatiRacer From United States of America, joined May 2005, 232 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (8 years 2 weeks 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 718 times:
With respect to the marijuana vs. alcohol issue, I once read some commentary that put a racial spin on the reason for making marijuana illegal. According to this commentary, in the earlier years of the 1900's marijuana use was pretty much concentrated among Hispanic immigrants. By making marijuana illegal, that demographic could be easily singled out for harrassment and imprisonment or deportation.
Again, this is just something I read, and it is not my opinion nor is it intended to stir any racial argument here.
ZRH From Switzerland, joined Nov 1999, 5544 posts, RR: 40 Reply 23, posted (8 years 2 weeks 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 704 times:
Alcohol is legal because it is at first not a drug like heroin, kokain and others but it belongs to a drink. A good glass of wine consists alcohol but this is not the most important. Wine tastes simply good, alcohol is only the side effect. I don't drink wine and beer to get drunk but because I like it (ok I admit sometimes I get drunk ). When you take other drugs you usually take it to get high and not because you like the taste.
Superfly From Thailand, joined May 2000, 38594 posts, RR: 79 Reply 24, posted (8 years 2 weeks 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 689 times:
Quoting September11 (Reply 21): One thing I NEVER understand is that alcohol is legal while marijuana is not legal!
Imagine it like this.
A party full of pot-heads vs. a party full of drunks.
Which one will turn out to be violent?
The party full of drunks.
Our government needs violent outlaws so they can be thrown in prison for cheap labor. That's what feeds the predatory capitalist machine.
26 HeyMach: ...and we need something to numb us before reading a thread like this....
27 ConcordeBoy: ...if that's the case, why the continued "War on Drugs"?? (rhetoric) The American Psychiatric Institute, MADD, PDFA, et al could not possibly disagre
28 Lutenist: Obviously you do not fall into the category populated by 99.9% of young males! You should ask them why they consume beer. There are many people of al
29 Superfly: I'll drink to that! I had a cold two days ago and made a Hot Totty and it was gone the next morning.
30 Orion737: Because we need something to help us cope with life. I would go mad if I couldnt have a brandy or a gin now and then, Im all for anything that makes t
31 ScarletHarlot: Similar to Orion, my thought is that the masses need some way to take the edge off life and alcohol is considered the most innocuous. If alcohol was n
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