Today is the 74th anniversary of the repeal of alcohol prohibition in the United States. In this short article, University of Michigan law professor Adam Pritchard and I explain why prohibition began when it did and why it ended when it did.
A Wonderful Anniversary. Drink Up!
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Since you insist…..cheers!
This might be mythology, but didn't Elliott Ness, when asked what he would do given the repeal of prohibition, respond, "I think I'll get a drink"?
That's well enough, but how does the start of Prohibition correlate with the start of the War on (some) Drugs, and what event with be the causation of the end of the War on (some) Drugs?
Russ,
As for ending the War on (some) Drugs how about the looming Medicare and Medicaid cash crunch?
As a parallel to Don's post, we've already seen the gradual legalization of gambling through out the country.