Booze report.

[Luis Anaconda]

The only issue I have with cannabis is the sheer bloody strength of it these days. This again came about because of prohibition. As crackdowns on imports of lower-strength (and very enjoyable) hashish started to bite, it created a gap in the market for domestic growers to create varieties with much higher THC levels, which is how we ended up with skunk. So, again, prohibition created a stronger nastier drug than existed in the first place.

Bill Bryson on prohibition in 20s America is one of the best things I have read. Takes it apart and shows the dangers

[Burney]

Bill Bryson on prohibition in 20s America is one of the best things I have read. Takes it apart and shows the dangers

Yes, the thing I found particularly shocking in that book was that the US government deliberately poisoned industrial alcohol in order to put people off drinking it - IN THE FULL AND CERTAIN KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY WOULD KILL THEIR OWN CITIZENS BY DOING SO.

Always worth bearing that in mind whenever some public health prick or prohibitionist type tells you they're thinking of the public good. Just remember these freaks would see you dead in order to achieve their ends.

[Luis Anaconda]

Yes, the thing I found particularly shocking in that book was that the US government deliberately poisoned industrial alcohol in order to put people off drinking it - IN THE FULL AND CERTAIN KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY WOULD KILL THEIR OWN CITIZENS BY DOING SO.

Always worth bearing that in mind whenever some public health prick or prohibitionist type tells you they're thinking of the public good. Just remember these freaks would see you dead in order to achieve their ends.

Incredible wasn't it