Is moral bigotry the ultimate cause of drugs prohibition?

prohibition itself . The criminalisation of drugs creates a black market and fuels organised crime, driving violence in civil society, often perpetuated by the police ... correlate with the harms that drugs actually cause .3 Drug classification and criminalisation is ... discrimination has corresponding impacts on health and welfare . read more

No. The repression training directed at minorities in the Drug War is an example for everyone else. Shut the F up or you can be next. read more

So yes, designer drugs could be considered a form of art, albeit one that use science to achieved the desired results (in reality all of the arts use science) because you would be looking to produce a particular experience, which is the realm of art. read more

Alcohol in particular had long been recognized as a cause of violence and death, and the anti-alcohol Temperance movement achieved its ultimate victory in 1919 with the enactment of the Volstead Act, which amended the US constitution to allow the national prohibition of alcohol. read more

The case of banning drugs is a bit more difficult to analyze using the golden rule. Apparently many people do want to use drugs. Perhaps this is the origin of the controversy. read more