Judge — January 8, 1927 — page 34: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains three opinion letters and editorial responses about Prohibition enforcement and temperance debates. The main cartoon illustrates "a variation of the stop-light idea for those who park by the side of the road"—showing a car parked in darkness with illuminated windows, satirizing illicit alcohol consumption during Prohibition. The letters debate whether laws against alcohol are enforceable and whether prescription drugs for "legitimate" purposes (cocaine, morphine, heroin) should be permitted while alcohol remains banned. One writer criticizes the hypocrisy of allowing dentists and surgeons access to narcotics while criminalizing whiskey. The satire targets Prohibition's ineffectiveness and the contradictions in American drug policy circa 1926.