re: Does anyone here on this board have the balls to say they oppose weed legalization?

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thought the board was better than this.

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When prohibition ended, the country became safer.

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your correlation doesn't include many successful people does it?

you'd be awfully shocked at how many high-earners periodically hit the herb.....

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These interactions make it pretty clear these aren't people that give a frick about others, or are contributing much to the world.

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Based on what?

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Prohibition led to a rise in crime, including violent forms such as murder. During the first year of Prohibition the number of crimes committed in 30 major cities in the U.S. increased 24%. Arrests for drunkenness and disorderly conduct increased 21%. Arrests for drunken driving jumped by 81%.

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During the first ten years, the murder rate climbed 78% across the country.8 In Chicago, almost 800 gangsters died.9 Nationally, the homicide rate per 100,000 people rose almost two-thirds during Prohibition. Repeal led to a sharp drop throughout the 1930s and into the early 194010 Prohibition created more crime. It destroyed legal jobs and created a black market in which criminals violently fought over markets. It also diverting money from the enforcement of other laws.

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People associate the drug trade with crime and violence; indeed, the newspapers occasionally feature stories about drug kingpins doing horrifying things to underlings and competitors. These aren’t caused by the drugs themselves but from the fact that they are illegal (which means the market is underground) and addictive (which means demanders aren’t very price sensitive).

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In the face of this crime wave, law enforcement struggled to keep up. Although three Federal agencies were tasked with enforcing the Volstead Act, bootleggers and smugglers operated with relative impunity. On the state and local levels, police were similarly overwhelmed by the power and influence of organized crime syndicates.

The precipitous rise in crime, coupled with the public’s opposition to the 18th Amendment, encouraged future President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to campaign on behalf of repealing Prohibition in 1932. Once in office, Roosevelt kept his promise. Prohibition was repealed on December 5, 1933, when specially selected state ratifying conventions ratified the 21st Amendment.

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