The qausi-success of prohibition, can be simply dismissed on the premise of basic economics. Any time a “product [is intentionally] made more difficult to supply it will [naturally] increase in price, and the quantity consumed will be less than it would be otherwise” (Thornton). As a result, people will be forced to reduce their consumption of alcohol due to the lack of availability. Furthermore, by restricting the supply of the prohibited substance caused a secondary effect that increased the demand for the illegal substance. The Iron Law of Prohibition indicates that “when drugs or alcoholic beverages are prohibited, they will become more potent [and vary in purity],” (Thornton) due to the in-doctoring of unknown or dangerous substances not regulated by normal market constraint. This shift towards
The qausi-success of prohibition, can be simply dismissed on the premise of basic economics. Any time a “product [is intentionally] made more difficult to supply it will [naturally] increase in price, and the quantity consumed will be less than it would be otherwise” (Thornton). As a result, people will be forced to reduce their consumption of alcohol due to the lack of availability. Furthermore, by restricting the supply of the prohibited substance caused a secondary effect that increased the demand for the illegal substance. The Iron Law of Prohibition indicates that “when drugs or alcoholic beverages are prohibited, they will become more potent [and vary in purity],” (Thornton) due to the in-doctoring of unknown or dangerous substances not regulated by normal market constraint. This shift towards