Snippets from the Italian Scene
Legalize them (again)
Moving in a very different direction, some will recall that about a year ago I discussed the failure of prohibition as a means to combat drug abuse -- and got quite a few angry replies inviting me to stick to food. Well, that discussion came on the heels of an antiprohibitionist proposal floated during the annual meeting of Democratici di Sinistra, the chief party in Italy's governing coalition. Today the Minister of Health and a leading exponent of Forza Italia, the primary opposition party, concurred in saying that prohibition isn't working and the only way to stop drug traffic and abuse is to eliminate the profit motive. In other words, liberalize. There will be howls of protest tomorrow, but we may be headed in that direction.
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