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		gozur88 on March 3, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kofi Annan on Why It's Time to Legalize Drugs There are all sorts of restrictions on alcohol and tobacco. In the US alcohol would be illegal if the government hadn't tried and failed to make it illegel.

koide on March 4, 2016 [–]

All sorts, except the sort that applies to all the rest of the drugs. It still makes no sense.

gozur88 on March 4, 2016 | [–]

Alcohol would be illegal in the US if they hadn't tried and failed already.

koide on March 5, 2016 | | [–]

I fail to see how that is relevant.

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