Smoke Up

By Patrick Appel

Jacob Grier, like Radley Balko, compares prohibition to the war on drugs:

...we should acknowledge our contemporary struggle with prohibition. The war on drugs has led to gang violence, trampling of civil liberties, and military interventions abroad. Federalist principles are routinely ignored in medical marijuana raids, doctors face prosecution for prescribing painkillers, and ordinary adults must show their ID just to purchase effective cold medicine. The United States now has more than 300,000 people imprisoned for drug violations.

Suderman has additional thoughts on modern-day prohibition movements.

(Hat tip: Schwenkler)