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The Effect of Prohibition on Drug Use
The effect of prohibition was to create new drug users in the UK. The British system held its own for a long time, but then U.S. policy became dominant. Doctors were shut down and the market was handed to organized crime. In less than 15 years, we have 300,000 heroin consumers - up from just 1046 at one point.