Repeal Prohibition, Again
High Time: An Editorial Series on Marijuana Legalization
High Time: An Editorial Series on Marijuana Legalization
http://nyti.ms/1t9O3Ii
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD It took 13 years for the United States to come to its senses and end Prohibition, 13 years in which people kept drinking, otherwise law-abiding citizens became criminals and crime syndicates arose and flourished. It has been more than 40 years since Congress passed the current ban on marijuana, inflicting great harm on society just to prohibit a substance far less dangerous than alcohol.