Prohibition
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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Drinking was on the rise and a scapegoat for the domestic abuse women faced, as well as the crime and evil that were rampant. Temperance groups preached this to be true as the fight against alcohol began to pick up full steam.
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As a result of the efforts and the massive growth of Temperance groups nationwide, the 18th amendment to the Constitution was ratified, banning the manufacture and sale of alcohol. Without explicitly stating and banning it, the amendment had the loophole of allowing the legal consumption of alcohol.
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Thus, the making and sale of alcohol was now illegal, allowing criminals to prosper in their forte, being the ones to supply the increased demand for alchohol. This raised crime exponentially, an unforeseen consequence in the fight to decrease that very same crime through temperance.
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre highlights the brutal crime Prohibition introduced. Involving two rival gangs, Al Capone, and smuggled booze, 7 gang members were massacred on February 14th, 1929 by men disguised as police (hit men for Al Capone).
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Prohibiton lasted a decade, before being completely repealed in 1933.
However, we did not learn from the era of Prohibition, as evident by its successor, The War on Drugs.
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President Nixon who declared war on drugs, increasing the size of drug control agencies and permits without notification. Ronald Reagan would continue this war into the 80s and 90s.
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The evidence to show the positive effects of this war is lacking, but the harms are clear. 2 million are behind bars with half that number incarcerated for breaking drug laws.
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Prohibition was known for the birth of organized crime as well as the general increase of crime itself. Just a decade ago, in 2005, the UN estimated the global illegal trade at worth more than 320 billion.
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THE US IS NUMBER ONE IN ILLEGAL DRUG USE.
Prohibition simply turned people to crime snd the war on drugs followed suite.
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To truly learn from history, we must realise that Prohibition of any kind is not effective. A multi layered approach is necessary to help all social and economical facets of the issue.
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