if you think i'm saying that causing widespread disrespect for the law,and the rise of organized crime was a good thing...
That's what you said was a good thing.
well, i don't think so, but i spose i might have left that impression
link?
eta: maybe you missed this - I'll format it a little better - it talks about the positive effects of prohibition:
...alcohol consumption declined dramatically during Prohibition.
Cirrhosis death rates for men were 29.5 per 100,000 in 1911 and 10.7 in 1929.
Admissions to state mental hospitals for alcoholic psychosis declined from 10.1 per 100,000 in 1919 to 4.7 in 1928.
Arrests for public drunkennness and disorderly conduct declined 50 percent between 1916 and 1922.
For the population as a whole, the best estimates are that consumption of alcohol declined by 30 percent to 50 percent. |
