This is an essay on the prohibition era in the United States
HCN OAO – 01
22 November 2001
Did Prohibition work in the United States during the 1920's?
At midnight January 16, 1920, one of the personal habits and customs of most Americans came to a halt. The Eighteenth Amendment was put into effect and all importing, exporting, transporting, selling, and manufacturing of intoxicating liquor was put to an end. Shortly following the enactment of the Eighteenth Amendment, the National Prohibition Act was put into effect. This established intoxicating liquor as anything …
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…rather a failure. People easily violated the law by drinking more of the substance that was originally prohibited. The problems which prohibition intended to solve, such as crime, grew worse and in fact never returned to pre- prohibition levels. Prohibition should not have gone on for the thirteen years it did, causing extensive damage to society. Not only was prohibition ineffective it was also damaging to the people and society it was meant to help.
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