“What would have happened if one or two states had somehow managed to legalize alcohol during prohibition? Most likely, those states would have become centers of entrepreneurship with retail outlets, medicines, and innovation in equipment, machinery, and other forms of capital related to alcohol-related industries. With the recent legalization of recreational cannabis use in both Washington state and Colorado, we’re able to see a similar experiment in action. While the 18th Amendment prohibiting alcohol production and sales precluded state-level legalization, federal drug laws enjoy no such constitutional backing.”
http://mises.org/daily/6669/Colorados-New-Cannabis-Economy
Related posts:
Bitcoin's dilemma: go mainstream, or stay radical?
The Real Reasons Americans Give Up Their US Citizenship
Robert Ringer: When Not to Save Money
The Bitcoin Central Bank's Perfect Monetary Policy
Bernanke "The Only Game in Town": Really?
Credit Outbids Cash = Resource Wars
How the Nazis Used Gun Control
4 Things You Should Know About Mass Incarceration
Mises on the Robotics Revolution
Obama's False History of Public 'Infrastructure' Investment
Privacy and the Government's Dossier on You
The Supreme Court’s Deference to the Pentagon
James Bovard: The FBI’s Forgotten Criminal Record
This is the way they’ll ‘nationalize’ gold
Peter Schiff: Soon in America, retirement will be as rare as a single income household