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walshemj on May 1, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Medium tries to prevent people reading deleted art...

You just have to look at the effects of the 18th amendment to see the point the OP is making.

In the USA it caused massive increase in organized crime and corruption - the effects of which are still with the US today

simion314 on May 1, 2018 [–]

But you do not know the effects if all drugs were legal and cheap

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