Tobacco-Related Violence

Jacob Sullum | 7.13.2005 11:14 AM

In today's San Francisco Chronicle, the Drug Policy Alliance's Tony Newman makes a case against California's ban on smoking in prisons, arguing that it will increase black market activity and the violence associated with it.

Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason. He is the author, most recently, of Beyond Control: Drug Prohibition, Gun Regulation, and the Search for Sensible Alternatives (Prometheus Books, September 2).