W. Block, Alexandra Orriols, Winston Thompson, M. McAndrews
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Abstract
The case against drug prohibitionThe case against drug prohibition is overwhelming. This law is to drugs what alcohol prohibition was to those substances: a disaster. Drug use, by and among consenting adults, is a victimless crime: it preys on the poor, lifts our inmate population into the stratosphere, has negative racial connotations and leads to needless deaths.