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Damn The Prohibition - Here's to You, Alcohol

Hunter S. Thompson: "In my case, you know, I hate to advocate drugs or liquor, violence, insanity to anyone. But in my case it's worked."

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First Published: Nov 30, 2008 2:07 PM CDT

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  • Dave Roberts Thursday, Dec 4 at 6:02 PM FLAG COMMENT The only thing this "noble experiment" accomplished was to enrich organized criminals. All human vices should be decriminalized and be regulated just like alcohol.The only thing this "noble experiment" accomplished was to enrich organized criminals. All human vices should be decriminalized and be regulated just like alcohol.
  • Anonymous Thursday, Dec 4 at 3:47 PM FLAG COMMENT As a recovering alcoholic I gotta say prohibition doesn't work. I'm proud of my choice not to drink because it is MY CHOICE, and my own strength that prevents me from pouring myself a drink, not the law. I don't smoke pot either, but I think that it's classification as an illegal narcotic is wrong and that it would do less harm and be easier to keep out of the hands of minors were it to be decriminalized and regulated in the same way as alcohol. ... MORE >
  • someone else Thursday, Dec 4 at 3:29 PM FLAG COMMENT me, wth, you just defeated your own argument in your third sentence. Legalization doesn't mean total lack of regulation...people shouldn't drive or operate machinery if they're on anything that impairs their ability to do so. What prohibition mostly leads to is a super-lucrative black market for whatever it is that's prohibited. It sure doesn't stop people from taking drugs or whatever.me, wth, you just defeated your own argument in your third sentence. Legalization doesn't mean total lack of regulation...people shouldn't drive or operate machinery if they're on anything that impairs their ability to do so. What prohibition mostly leads to is a super-lucrative black market for whatever it is that's prohibited. It sure doesn't stop people from taking drugs or whatever.
  • k mccormack Thursday, Dec 4 at 2:22 PM FLAG COMMENT how to mix a golden Cadillac - milk or cream, 1-2 oz of chocolate liqueur and 1-2 oz of Galliano banana liqueur, and possibly some rum. Have you back in Havana in 4 days. If you have to rebuild from a hurricane, how can one not drink a little.how to mix a golden Cadillac - milk or cream, 1-2 oz of chocolate liqueur and 1-2 oz of Galliano banana liqueur, and possibly some rum. Have you back in Havana in 4 days. If you have to rebuild from a hurricane, how can one not drink a little.
  • me Thursday, Dec 4 at 1:39 PM FLAG COMMENT Eric, it IS the government's business when people put things in their bodies that directly affect other people. I don't want some guy smoking pot and getting behind the wheel of a car, hitting me and killing my kids. You can argue they do that with alcohol...well, the government also says that getting behind the wheel of a car when drunk is also illegal.Eric, it IS the government's business when people put things in their bodies that directly affect other people. I don't want some guy smoking pot and getting behind the wheel of a car, hitting me and killing my kids. You can argue they do that with alcohol...well, the government also says that getting behind the wheel of a car when drunk is also illegal.
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