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Originally Posted by timalkin
I'm going to take an educated guess and say that most people killed during Prohibition were bootleggers, gangsters, corrupt politicians, and speak-easy patrons, i.e. criminals that I don't give a fuck about. Those people are the modern day version of drug dealers, drug runners, cartel members, and drug-users, i.e. criminals that I don't give a fuck about.
Unfortunately, law enforcement officers also get killed enforcing these laws, but that's the tough price we have to pay in order to protect society.
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It wouldn't be a price we'd be paying at all if marijuana were legalized. Have you looked into the history of its prohibition? It's quite an interesting story and has absolutely nothing to do with its perceived dangers. It was criminalized in 1937, I believe. Imagine how long it existed as an entirely legal substance up to that point. I wonder what happened around that time.
Any idea?