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Possibly you don't understand the intended outcomes.
1. Provide for the ongoing growth of the FBI's empire once it became apparent that prohibition was going to end.
2. Provide an easy pretext for locking up blacks and hippies/ anti-war protestors. This according Erlichman, one of Richard Nixon's closest aides. https://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/john-ehrlichman-...
Protip: Often the stated reason for a policy is not the real reason.
See also "for the children".
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Possibly you don't understand the intended outcomes.
1. Provide for the ongoing growth of the FBI's empire once it became apparent that prohibition was going to end.
2. Provide an easy pretext for locking up blacks and hippies/ anti-war protestors. This according Erlichman, one of Richard Nixon's closest aides. https://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/john-ehrlichman-...
Protip: Often the stated reason for a policy is not the real reason.
See also "for the children".