Quote: (09-06-2016 09:11 AM)Ghost Tiger Wrote:
Comparing alcohol prohibition to the ban on illicit drugs is flawed logic. This argument has been soundly defeated.
Not at all. I might concede if alcohol & tobacco were at the bottom of the harm scale, but since they sit in the middle, it's a firm argument that you haven't addressed.
Illicit just means "forbidden", and when we mean "drugs" we mean "any psychoactive substance taken for entertainment". Alcohol qualifies, just as LSD, weed, or coke does.
Before I bother addressing the other items, should we also ban tobacco and alcohol or not?