In this op-ed piece for the Wall Street Journal, Mr. Nadelmann, the executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, discusses the negative consequences of the USA’s 75 year old program for drug prohibition. A timely article as December 5th was the anniversary of the ratification of the 21st amendment, which repealed the amendment that initiated alchohol prohibition. Not to mention that I saw the first half of Pineapple Express last night. And the fact that scientists recently discovered a 2,700 year old stash (pictured above) that was tested and proven to contain “potent psychoactive properties” which goes against the theory that ancient civilizations grew hemp solely for making rope and ponchos to sell at Urban Outfitters. You can also loosely tie this in with the press’ recent discovery that Barack Obama smokes fags. Because as we all know, smoking cigarettes is a gateway habit for smoking marijuana which in turn is a gateway drug that will inevitably lead to heroine and crack use and a morally vague and deterministic outlook on life. Therefore, as sound logic dictates, Obama’s inability to stay on the wagon means that he secretly supports the end of drug prohibition . . . or maybe not, but still. (photo credit: Journal of Experimental Botany)
When repeal came, it was not just with the support of those with a taste for alcohol, but also those who disliked and even hated it but could no longer ignore the dreadful consequences of a failed prohibition. They saw what most Americans still fail to see today: That a failed drug prohibition can cause greater harm than the drug it was intended to banish.
