Agreed.
Remember Carrie Nation and the WCTU?
Remember the 18th Amendment? Roaring 20s? 21st Amendment to repeal it?
Ever read the Federal Racketeering Statutes? Because the Prohibition of Alcohol was what Created the Crime Syndicates which Created the Racketeering Laws, AND the Expansion of the unholy Commerce Clause fits Everything rule.
Read Sec 1958. Interstate Commerce Facilities.
http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/18C95.txt
I’ve known potheads, and while I wouldn’t lend them money, as a class they rarely commit armed robbery to keep them in dope.
“Because the Prohibition of Alcohol was what Created the Crime Syndicates”
No, organized crime predates prohibition. Without it they’d still have had plenty of government interference to exploit: prostitution, gambling, labor laws, etc. Banning booze made for boom times, is all.
“AND the Expansion of the unholy Commerce Clause fits Everything rule.”
Actually, that was caused by the New Deal. Drug Warriors used Wickard to fuel their mothering.