maybe, maybe not but the fact is that drugs are a huge problem and lots of people want it to change by implementing the same policies. prohibition was a miserable failure that did nothing but eat up tons of money at a time when the country desperatly needed the money spent elsewhere while at the same time causing the power and influence of oc to expand greatly. sounds very similar to the current situation. to expand , another problem during prohibition was dangerous products like "bathtub gin" that killed people because of a lack of quality control. again, very similar to the problems today with street dealers cutting thier product with god knows what. imo what we need is something similar to what they have in holland where if you are dead set on shooting up heroin, go somewhere safe where you can get your fix and do it out of public view. no need to steal and rob people when your fix is guaranteed.
There's a way to vastly reduce, if not eliminate, the drug trade. Just go the China route and start executing drug traffickers; from the top kingpins to the local dealers. People just aren't willing to do it.
