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“Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.” Frederick Bastiat

December 5, 2006

Happy Repeal Day

by Doug Mataconis

It was 73 years ago today that America’s thirteen year history with alcohol prohibition came to a merciful end.

Unfortunately, it appears that we’re still far away from the day when we’ll be able to celebrate even the first anniversary of the end of America’s other insane war on (some) drugs.

H/T: Outside The Beltway and The Club For Growth

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