A LITTLE HISTORY LESSON ABOUT PROHIBITION

Michael Colson, first, sex addiction and prostitution are not even
close to the same as playing video games and eating chips while
stoned, there is no comparison there, sorry. Get a grip on reality.

History lesson time: Prohibition, also known as The Noble Experiment,
took place between 1920 and 1933. FYI it failed. In which
transportation and use of alcohol became illegal, much like marijuana
is today. Prohibition itself triggered a national crime wave.

There was a movement of people (also called temperance) that blamed
alcohol for society's tribulations, particularly crime. Just like the
image marijuana has today.

The consumption of alcohol fell at the beginning of Prohibition, it
subsequently increased rapidly thereafter. Alcohol became risky to
consume; crime amplified, and became "organized." Prohibition was
mandated in the Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution. The senate
proposed the 18th Amendment on Dec. 18, 1917, having been accepted by
36 states. The 18th Amendment went in to effect on Jan. 16, 1920;
this was the origination of illegal production or distribution of alcohol.

Then came the Volstead Act that distorted things allowing consumption
of alcohol if it was prescribed by a doctor, marijuana is now
prescribed. Significant numbers of prescriptions were written.
Bootlegging became widespread and unmanageable; a new sort of
gangster arose in history.

During prohibition the government did not have the resources to
control the issue. People argued that alcohol consumption was a local
concern, and should not be mandated by the federal government. The
less government the better. By the year 1925, in New York City alone,
there were anywhere from 30,000 to 100,000 underground bars.
Prohibition became increasingly disliked and unpopular during the
Great Depression. 1932 Aug. 11, Herbert Hoover gave an acceptance
speech for the Republican presidential nomination, he discussed
prohibition and the need to end it.

On March 23, 1933, the president signed into law an amendment to the
Volstead Act known as the Cullen-Harrison Act, allowing the
manufacture and sale of certain kinds of alcoholic beverages. Dec. 5,
1933, the confirmation of the 21st Amendment repealed the 18th
Amendment, and prohibition was over.

Jolene Varley

Carbondale