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These to Prohibitions are exactly alike. First of all, before the 1920s alcohol prohibition, a huge chunk of the government's income came from tax on alcohol. When alcohol was banned, they could no longer tax it. This is the same with drugs. If they were made legal, the government could have a huge tax on it, (like cigarettes) and make money off of it. Prohibitions will never work. When alcohol was banned, people just found other ways to get access to it, like through organized crime. In fact, in 1916, there were 198 murders in Chicago. However, in 1926, during Prohibition, that number rose to 510. I don't know the exact number, but when more drugs were made illegal, crime went up. This will happen whenever something is prohibited. During Prohibition, there was a huge crime underground based around bootlegging. Today, many of the gangs are based around drugs. Basically, whenever something becomes illegal, there will be a huge rise in crime rate, and the government can no longer tax it.