The FDA is about to get a lesson in how prohibition fails
The FDA is quickly getting back to normal now that it appears the worst of the coronavirus waves have passed. And by getting back to normal, we mean plunging headlong…
Federal government dithering stands in the way of marijuana legalization
Even as more states take it upon themselves to end marijuana prohibition, the federal government continues to dither and dawdle on the issue. Blame the entrenched drug war mentality in…
The prohibitionists are riding high in California
Governments love prohibition, in all its guises and flavors. Prohibition gives rise to more law enforcement, which means not just more cops, but more prosecutors, judges, jails…and more laws and…
The tobacco prohibitionists are at it again
Prohibitionists come in all shapes, sizes, and political affiliations. Among the major political parties, Republican prohibitionists generally oppose drug legalization in any form, while Democratic prohibitionists take a hard line…
A prohibitionist law that’s still on the books
The United States ended its disastrous alcohol prohibition regime in 1933. But the tendrils of prohibition ran so deep that a few still survive today. Among them: a century-old federal…
Time to bust the North Carolina liquor monopoly
Several states maintain liquor monopolies, a holdover from the days of prohibition, when it some believed government was the best way to contain the threat of demon rum. But even…
Prohibitionists Oppose Relaxation of Liquor Rules
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Alcohol prohibition may have officially ended in the 1930s, but prohibitionists are still with us today, and still working to rid the land…
