On Thu, 27 Apr 2017 10:22:01 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2017-04-27 10:05 AM, Gary wrote:
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Anyway, I think it probably is good to de-regulate, thinking of how
>>> well prohibition of alcohol worked, but we need to educate and have
>>> some control over it, such as driving under the influence.
>>
>> Prohibition worked? This is how Joe Kennedy Sr. made his
>> fortune. He was a drug runner.
>
>I assumed there was some sarcasm in the comment about how well
>Prohibition worked. It didn't do much to stop people from drinking, and
>it created a black market that became profitable enough to lead to a lot
>of violence. The government was spending a lot of money to try to
>removed alcohol from our society and mobsters were getting rich. I guess
>they figured that they could regulate the production and sale of alcohol
>and get the money themselves.


Yes I was being sarcastic. I feel all that prohibition did was to
make bootleggers rich and we should all appreciate, legal is better
but needs some checks in place such as age and driving etc etc

Mind you, in my part of Canada there are still people with illegal
stills. When I lived in the country I bought from one from time to
time, quicker than a trip all the way back into town.