"health" did not improve, cirrhosis of the liver cases dropped. At the same time crimes related to drug addiction jumped 45% and all crime was up 20%. That art

"health" did not improve, cirrhosis of the liver cases dropped. At the same time crimes related to drug addiction jumped 45% and all crime was up 20%. That article is blinding the reader in its selective use of stats, by limiting the assessment to violent crime they ignore the wider social deleterious effect alcohol prohibition had. The question is not "will this succeed in what it attempts to do", but rather "is it worth all the extra baggage", does it matter if alcohol prohibition works when it's also a weed and cocaine popularity campaign?