Video: 75 years ago today...‏

Marijuana Policy Project Alert

Seventy-five years ago today, Alcohol Prohibition was repealed in the U.S.

And today, no one is calling for its reinstatement, because of the widespread understanding that Prohibition didn't reduce alcohol use, increased violence, put profits in the hands of the wrong people, and didn't tax those profits.

Of course, we see same thing now with the government's 71-year-long experiment with marijuana prohibition.

MPP's new video marking the anniversary of the repeal of Alcohol Prohibition examines these parallels:

Prohibition ended once, and we can end it again. In fact — unlike the repeal of Alcohol Prohibition, which required a constitutional amendment, a two-thirds vote in Congress, and ratification by three-quarters of the states — we just need to win simple majorities. And the tide is turning our way.

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Thank you,

Rob Kampia
Executive Director
Marijuana Policy Project
Washington, D.C.