Why has legislation against most illicit drugs been a success in that it remains in place and more or less enforced? (Most persons incarcerated in federal prisons, and about a third in state prisons, were convicted for violating the drug laws.) In contrast, laws against the sale of alcohol were a failure in the sense that they were repealed. Why the difference? Explain what social forces brought about the success of one and the failure of the other.
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