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Actually prohibition was quite effective, it reduced alcohol usage by 30-50% , according to an history professor[1]: http://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/16/opinion/

• jpatokal 11y ago
  That's actually a pretty shitty result given that the target was 100%, and the side effects were extreme: people dying from dodgy moonshine, birth of the Mafia as we know it, etc.
• armitron 11y ago
  This is an opinion piece with 0 citations. Point us to something better than useless drivel. These links paint a different picture and make the situation appear less than clearcut: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States#Rates_of_consumption_during_Prohibition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_Stat... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States#Organized_crime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_Stat...
  • petra 11y ago
    It isn't drivel, but it may be that more recent historical research paints a different picture.