Quote Originally Posted by BigMat View Post
Those things only are meant to kill!


Question for the history buffs, can anyone one here think of a single item that has been perceived as a public threat, and then banned by the gov't and actually went away? All that comes to mind is slavery, and one could argue it was just replaced with migrant workers who arguably lived in a state of indentured servitude. I can't think of any product that became illegal and didn't just begin residing under the table and in the dark corners of society. I think one could argue the big gov't types have created the ghetos and the divides in society by banning so many things those who use them become a second class of citizen, often unable to get help, because they are now a "criminal."
Absinthe. Until the mental and moral degradation sunk to new lows recently, absinthe just flat out disappeared. You could also make a case to say LSD and PCP have largely gone away although that's more because the users found "better" ways to get high without the dangers of psychotic episodes that LSD and PCP posed but they ARE essentially gone. Leaded gasoline and house paint are gone too.