Dry Manhattan

Ruling in Mexico Sets the Stage for legalization of Marijuana is a tipping point to the costliest and most destructive "do gooder" imperative ever devised by a body politic.  Dry Manhattan: Prohibition in New York City by Michael Lerner chronicles that in 1919, the United States embarked on the country's boldest attempt at moral and social reform: Prohibition. The 18th Amendment to the Constitution prohibited the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol around the country. ... Google Books .  The opus covering what our drug laws have done to South America has yet to be written. Lerner's book on New York in the 1920's is a quick primer.