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Book Description: Von Mises Institute, 1990. Book Condition: Brand new paperback. 190 pages. According to Murray N. Rothbard, "Thornton's book. arrives to fill an enormous gap, and it does so splendidly. The drug prohibition question is. the hottest political topic today, and for the foreseeable future. This is an excellent work making an important contribution to scholarship as well as to the public policy debate. SS200. Bookseller Inventory # 30458

Book Description: University of Utah Press. Book Condition: Very Good. 0874803756 Clean and tight. Light underlining in pencil. Bookseller Inventory # 178.87

Book Description: University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, UT, 1991. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Examines prohibition in the US and demonstrates prohibition's ineffectiveness in achieving its goals. From Laissez Faire Books with their name on blank fep. Fine in a fine dustjacket. Clean and tight, book apears unread. Bookseller Inventory # 11785

Book Description: Univ of Utah Press, 1991. Paperback. Book Condition: Used: Like New. Paperback cover shows very light shelfwear, no creases. Pages are clean, no marks or tears. Binding tight. In stock and ready for immediate shipment. Bookseller Inventory # 0809150091

Book Description: Institute. Paperback. Book Condition: New. Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- Description: "It is conventional wisdom that alchohol prohibition failed, but the economic reasons for this failure have never been as extensively detailed or analyzed as they are in this study by Mark Thornton. The lessons he draws apply not only to the period of alcohol prohibition but also to drug prohibition and any other government attempt to control consumption habits. The same pattern is repeated again and again. Thornton's treatment of the topic is methodical. He first examines the history of prohibition laws, primarily focusing on American implementation of prohibitionist policies. He examines the prime movers in the alchohol, narcotics, and marijuana prohibition movements. He then examines the theoretical premises upon which prohibition advocates depend, and thoroughly exposes them as fallacious. After examining the history and theory of prohibition, Thornton reveals the effects of such policies on the potency of illegal drugs. He explains how prohibition inevitably creates incentives for producers to increase the potency of drugs and alcohol products distributed via the black market. ". Bookseller Inventory # 55812