Daily Archives: December 5, 2003

More on Prohibition I and Prohibition II

Radley Balko’s excellent article at Fox News: Criminalization Doesn’t Curb Booze, Drug Use The great journalist H.L. Mencken was a fierce critic of alcohol prohibition. He wrote in 1925: “Five years of Prohibition have had, at least, this one benign … Continue reading

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On this day in history…

70 years ago today. December 5, 1933. The 21st Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, ending the failed war on alcohol. Prohibition was over. The Constitution was restored. Little did they know then, That politicians today Would fail so miserably … Continue reading

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