Why was cocaine banned in the first place?


	Why was cocaine banned in the first place?

tabsey

7-27-2009 8:20 AM

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Part of an article on "The truth about cocaine in Britain."

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The prohibition of drugs such as cannabis, cocaine and heroin was a gradual 
process that began in the first decades of the last century, as part of the 
same wave of reforming evangelicalism that banned alcohol. The Dry Law was 
repealed, but the ban on hard drugs lasted, partly because the demand for 
the hard drugs was weak and partly because America was so powerful. How long 
the ban can last is highly questionable. In 1970, four million Americans had 
tried an illegal drug. By 2003, 112 million of them had, so the anti-drug 
consensus is much weaker. And the cost of spraying coca fields, intercepting 
smugglers, jailing dealers and treating compulsive users is astronomical — 
about $69 billion a year. Given that none of these strategies has had the 
desired outcome, you’d expect a fundamental rethink to be on the table. But 
it’s not. 
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