Mark
Newfag
Prohibition for alcohol didn't work and rightfully so. However, I think people comparing the war on drugs to alcohol prohibition in the 30s is historically inaccurate. Because on the one hand, you have heavy age restrictions, sin taxes and laws regarding open containers / drinking and driving. Now I've heard some people say in states like Oregon and Washington where weed is legal that driving accidents have gone up, but one could also argue that we could just apply the same laws that we do with alcohol to weed, especially since weed impairs your judgment and is easily detected. The only difference is that they won't be able to tell if you smoked weed on the night of the crash or if you smoked weed 2 weeks ago, which could be problematic.
On the other hand, I think it is quite successful, really. Nowadays you can't buy Sudafed without being put on a watchlist somewhere and various weed strains are becoming endangered. But even with all of these laws, loopholes still do exist. Such as designer drugs / "research chemicals" and drug use for religious purposes due to the freedom of religion protections promised in the first amendment of the Bill of Rights (such as Shamanism). I also think that outdoor growing of marijuana in a location that'll be ambiguous as to who it belongs to is also a legal loophole as well.
On the other hand, I think it is quite successful, really. Nowadays you can't buy Sudafed without being put on a watchlist somewhere and various weed strains are becoming endangered. But even with all of these laws, loopholes still do exist. Such as designer drugs / "research chemicals" and drug use for religious purposes due to the freedom of religion protections promised in the first amendment of the Bill of Rights (such as Shamanism). I also think that outdoor growing of marijuana in a location that'll be ambiguous as to who it belongs to is also a legal loophole as well.
