Pubdate: Fri, 02 Dec 2011
Source: Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ)
Copyright: 2011 The Arizona Republic
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Author: Roy Miller

PROHIBITION IS REPEATING ITSELF

Saturday is the anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition in 1933.

There was recently an outstanding Ken Burns documentary on PBS about 
the struggles before, during and after Prohibition that caused me to 
draw continual parallels to the way we treat marijuana today.

The violent crime, the hypocrisy, the ruined lives, the corruption of 
our political system, the negative spillover effects on neighboring 
countries and many other parts of the documentary all remind me of 
what is being replayed today with respect to marijuana.

I can't help recalling the lines of a familiar song: "When will they 
ever learn? When will they ... ever ... learn?"

- -- Roy Miller, Phoenix
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