Date: Wed, 26 May 1993 11:33:05 EDT
From: <[B T RUB] at [auvm.american.edu]>
Newsgroups: alt.drugs,talk.politics.drugs
Subject: Re: "Hard" Drug Legalization (was Re: Eskimo North Users Meeting & Ini

Please refer to "Most drug related murders result from crack sales, not use,"
this article, by Paul J. Goldstein, Henry H. Brownstein, Patrick J. Ryan and
Patricia A. Bellucci appeared in the March/April edition of the
drug policy letter (1990) on page six.  It can also be found in Drug
Prohibition and the Conscience of Nations.

Tad, you wrote that prohibition increased the health of the nation? Perhaps a
few historical facts might enlighten you:

Between 1920 and 1930 1000 Americans were killed by prohibition enforcement
agents. 75 agents were killed as well.  In addition, alcohol prohibition
increased the amount of violence in the united states and esentially bred
organized crime.

Also, PER CAPITA ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION WAS HIGHER IN THE UNITED STATES DURING THE
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY THAN DURING THE NINETEETH AND TWENTIE H WHEN TEMPERANCE AND
PROHIBITION MOVEMENTS BECAME INFLUENTIAL. Thus, there was not an epedemic of
alcoholism that required such a drastic move as total prohibition.
Alcohol and other drugs became scape-goats for society to blame its problems on

I have used Bruce K. Alexanders "Peaceful Measures" 1990 as a source for this
information.

I do not see how 1075 deaths are healthy, maybe you do though..

                                                      Barry Trub