Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “Alcohol didn’t cause the high crime rates of the ‘20s and ‘30s, Prohibition did. And drugs do not cause today’s alarming crime rates, but drug prohibition does.... Trying to wage war on 23 million Americans who are obviously very committed to certain recreational activities is not going to be any more successful than Prohibition was.” ~ Judge James Paine U.S. District CourtSource: address to the Florida Bar Association in Miami, November, 1991