America's never-ending prohibition: Bernd Debusmann


	America's never-ending prohibition: Bernd Debusmann
hitchhiker08
8-7-2008 12:18 AM
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prohibition, abuse, alcohol, drugs, marijuana, usa
hitchhiker08 says:
Unlike alcohol, for Marijuana there is no distinction between use and abuse
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expressed are his own.
<SPAN id="midArticle_byline"></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersComService4/idUSL630430520080806"><P> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - America's alcohol prohibition lasted 
13 years, filled the country's prisons, inspired contempt for 
the law among millions, bred corruption and produced Al Capone. 
What it did not do was keep Americans from drinking.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersComService4/idUSL630430520080806"> America's marijuana prohibition drew into its 72nd year 
this month. It has created a huge underground industry</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersComService4/idUSL630430520080806"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.reuters.com/img/4BD12F50-EA52-4281-AD36-CBF80DF3AED4" alt="Photo" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersComService4/idUSL630430520080806">in 1978, when a bill 
introduced by Senator Edward Kennedy was passed by the Senate 
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Thomas, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, New York 
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Senator John Kerry, former Speaker of 
the House Newt Gingrich, former Vice President Al Gore and 
<A title="More on Barack Obama's campaign for the 2008 Election" href="http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/barackobama">Barack Obama</A></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersComService4/idUSL630430520080806?pageNumber=3&virtualBrandChannel=10112" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersComService4/idUSL630430520080806?pageNumber=3&virtualBrandChannel=10112" style="font-size: 11px;">www.reuters.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersComService4/idUSL630430520080806?pageNumber=3&virtualBrandChannel=10112">"It's not funny," he said, "not 
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