Drug policy reformers, myself included, are always pointing out the similarities between Alcohol Prohibition of the 20’s and 30’s and the modern Drug Prohibition we’re still living under. Too often people pass off the comparison because we don’t experience the levels of violence from organized crime like the country did during Alcohol Prohibition. What they [...]

One of the most common arguments I hear about marijuana is that if it is legal more people are going to use it, which is an understandable belief. The problem is there isn’t any evidence to support this claim, especially considering countries with looser drug laws tend to have lower drug usage rates [previous WHO [...]