The DEA waxes nostalgic for alcohol prohibition.

You were warned, of course. If you really need it, see refutation of the DEA’s claims here and here

This a predictable tactic among cornered polemicists. A theme on this site is how anti-capitalists have for years predicted that free markets would lead to monopolies, which would limit choice. Now that they’ve been proven wrong, they resort to attacking choice itself.

Similarly, those of us opposed to the Drug War have long argued that the consequences of Drug Prohibition are indistinguishable from the consequences of Alcohol Prohibition, univerally seen as a failure. The response from Drug Warriors: Alcohol Prohibition wasn’t so bad, after all.

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