You are making an important point but doing so in a confusing manner.
The argument was made that prohibition is inherently ineffective.
Some people who make this argument may nonetheless support prohibition in some cases.
In fact, whether prohibition works or not is intrinsically tied to the general moral views of society at large. When over 1/3rd of the U.S. population has tried marijuana - including a former President - it's really no surprise that prohibition of marijuana is ineffective.
Prohibition is effective at controlling deviant behavior.
It's a strange thing. It works solely to punish behaviors that most people wouldn't engage in or don't approve of anyway anyway. Once society's stance changes on those behaviors, the punishment comes to be seen as unjust and the law as unnecessary.
>You are making an important point but doing so in a confusing manner.
I'm going to plead drugs (of the legal/prescribed nature) and sleep deprivation due to a recent illness. Reading back in a few of my post I think I was losing sight of my main point.
>Prohibition is effective at controlling deviant behavior.
Is it? Prohibition on Kinder Eggs seems to have worked because there isn't much of a market for them. But prohibition on prostitution has not worked, even though I don't think the majority would openly support it. Prohibition on things more generally agreed outright wrong doesn't work as long as there is a demand for them. Kinder Eggs have no demand, so prohibition in general worked. But things that have a demand that cannot easily be fulfilled by other goods/services seem unable to effectively be prohibited.
The argument was made that prohibition is inherently ineffective.
Some people who make this argument may nonetheless support prohibition in some cases.
In fact, whether prohibition works or not is intrinsically tied to the general moral views of society at large. When over 1/3rd of the U.S. population has tried marijuana - including a former President - it's really no surprise that prohibition of marijuana is ineffective.
Prohibition is effective at controlling deviant behavior.
It's a strange thing. It works solely to punish behaviors that most people wouldn't engage in or don't approve of anyway anyway. Once society's stance changes on those behaviors, the punishment comes to be seen as unjust and the law as unnecessary.