Prohibition, Does it work?

Prohibition is when a hierarchy stops or forbids people from doing a certain thing. Throughout history it has been proven that prohibition does not work.

Alcohol was prohibited in the United States in the 1920's. During this time underground drinking clubs called "speakeasys" emerged. In 1925 after just 5 years of prohibition, there were over 100,000 speakeasys in new york city alone. Even though prohibition was lessening the amount of alcohol being used it failed because it caused the emerging of illegal crime familys. Prohibition lasted only 13 years and by done by 1933.

As far as marijuana goes, the government has tried to use criminal penalties to prevent marijuana use for over 75 years and yet marijuana is now used by over 25 million people every year. The amount of Marijuana users grows drasticly annually.

Prohibition doesn't work now and has never worked in the past. Take a look back, the first prohibition was adam and eve in the garden of eden. God couldn't stop them from eating from the tree of Knowledge, and he was only watching over 2 people.