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0 pointsskadamou9y ago0 comments

I have often wondered about the legal basis for the prohibition on cannabis. I always assumed it must be the interstate commerce clause but I could never make out why we needed an amendment to outlaw alcohol.

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dragonwriter9y ago· 1 in thread

> I could never make out why we needed an amendment to outlaw alcohol.

We didn't. We needed an amendment to ban alcohol in a way which could not be undone without a subsequent Amendment; the 18th Amendment banned alcohol itself, it didn't grant Congress discretion to do so.

unprepare9y ago

iirc, we largely ended prohibition because it was giving massive profits to organized crime

a bit ironic now when we have a president railing against mexican cartels and promoting prohibition of marijuana.

those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it and all that...

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