In addition to the previously mentioned op-ed, I also did a podcast on Repeal Day and Prohibition's legacy.  Click here to check it out.

Also, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) delivered an excellent speech on the floor of the House of Representatives yesterday.

Some highlights:

[Prohibition] created organized crime in America, crowded our jails with nonviolent prisoners, corrupted our police, increased urban violence, and destroyed the lives of thousands of victims of unadulterated and poisoned substances, substances which if they were permitted would have been subject to normal market protections of fraud and quality standards. However, during prohibition, these substances which were consumed by the American people often poisoned them and caused them to lose their lives...

Why did America reject the prohibition of alcoholic beverages? Well, when government attempts to control the peaceful behavior of its citizens, it often sets in motion forces that are more dangerous than the social evil that they are trying to control.

Rohrabacher goes on to make a very compelling argument about similiarities between Prohibition and the War on Drugs. Good stuff.

For a run-down of other Repeal Day themed links, check out this post by Jacob Grier.  (Jacob, time to start sending me cash for all the traffic I'm sending your way )