Confronting the ‘Prohibition’ Myth

Those interested in the unending drug debate may wish to go here to watch a recent debate organised by the IEA, in which I clashed with Christopher Snowdon and other ‘libertarians’ about the drug laws. One major issue of contention was the incessant pretence by drug decriminalisers that the British 1971 Misuse of drugs Act bears any resemblance whatsoever to US alcohol prohibition in the 1920s.