Lessons from historical drug prohibitions

New Zealand just rescinded its ban on tobacco smoking at the same time that Donald Trump just suggested the death penalty could cure the drug problem. What did New Zealand learn? And how has drug prohibition worked out in the past? In 1511, the governor of Mecca, Khair Beg, had a serious problem. A powerful Read more… Lessons from historical drug prohibitions originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
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