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Re:The quest for freedom and safety: Why I donated $100,000 ... by rick888 on Saturday October 30, 2010 @12:47AM (#1850122)
"They would not be able to compete with regular businesses if the price weren't artificially high due to prohibition. We stopped seeing gangsters like Al Capone in the liquor business when Prohibition ended."

If we make all drugs legal and they start resorting to other illegal activities like kidnapping/ransom, can we make them illegal again?

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Re:The quest for freedom and safety: Why I donated $100,000 ... by emmett on Saturday October 30, 2010 @02:58AM (#1850318)
Kidnapping and ransom are not fabulously profitable the way that the drug monopoly is. The drug trade is one of the world's largest import/export markets.
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Re:The quest for freedom and safety: Why I donated $100,000 ... by rick888 on Saturday October 30, 2010 @10:21AM (#1850898)
Tell that to the gangs in Mexico and the Philippines. I have a feeling that if drugs were legalized, and these did increase, proponents would blame it on something else.
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