Levine H G, Reinarman C
Department of Sociology, Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing 11367.
Milbank Q. 1991;69(3):461-94.
Like current drug prohibition, alcohol prohibition in the 1920s produced a large criminalized industry. Post-repeal alcohol regulation, which tended to limit overall consumption, suggests that the legal regulated sale of currently illicit substances is technically practical and reasonable. However, no such radical change in drug policy will be politically feasible until well into the twenty-first century. Nevertheless, the failures and costs of the War on Drugs make moderate reform a more promising prospect.
与当前的毒品禁令一样，20世纪20年代的禁酒令催生了一个庞大的犯罪化产业。禁酒令废除后的酒精监管倾向于限制总体消费，这表明目前非法物质的合法监管销售在技术上是可行且合理的。然而，在21世纪之前，毒品政策的这种激进变革在政治上是不可行的。尽管如此，禁毒战争的失败和成本使得适度改革成为更有希望的前景。
