My Hypothesis

My hypothesis is the following:

Prohibit, forbid, ban something that people really like and criminals will love it--alcohol, drugs, or even coffee or chocolate. Soon you will have bootleg, smuggling, traffic, and really big, coordinated, powerful, and mean underdog organizations. No enforcement will be enough to counteract criminals: prohibition will make them thrive, corruption of officials will increase, and criminality will soar.

This has been proven many times throughout history: one example is shown by the 1920’s prohibition era in the U.S.

Authorities behind the current war on drugs seem to be forgetting the lessons of history.