2007-02-12 16:06:45 · 20 answers · asked by logan_hart_90 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
It was a failure. People found ways to bootleg. This was evidenced through speak easies, that even politicians, police officers, and wealthy "outstanding" people went to. They found ways to smuggle alcohol.
I even heard a story once of a group of guys that decided to use shoe polish to drink because th ey were so desperate for the alcohol, and they all went blind. All in all, it was just a really bad predicament.
2007-02-12 16:15:55 · answer #1 · answered by Amber 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends what you mean. As a social experiment, it was a failure. But, a lot of folks got rich at it, just like today.
Remember, if it weren't for Prohibition, Jack Kennedy would never have been elected President. Their family fortune was made by his Dad - a wonderfully successful rumrunner who got rich breaking the law.
2007-02-12 16:10:59 · answer #2 · answered by gabluesmanxlt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a failure for a lot of reasons except one. Alcahol was illegal for a time and if you were caught in posession of it you would be arrested. People were still able to get alcahol, prohibition created organized crime in this country (which I find pretty interesting that sort of thing didnt really take off with the criminalization of drugs), it caused a lot of civil unrest, and eventually people got prohibition laws repealed because WHY......because they still wanted to drink. Keep that in mind when youre passing anti smoking bills for public places.
2007-02-12 16:16:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Thompson Sub Machinegun gained notariety. Prohibition is always a failure. Attempting to ban something that is so widespread anyway is just a waste of time, money and resources.
2007-02-12 16:14:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
prohibition was a failure.
why? it runs along the same principle as why locks don't necessarily make me feel secure. it is said that locks are made to keep honest people out. if dishonest people want something bad enough they'll find a way to get past a lock.
picture prohibition as a lock.
2007-02-12 16:19:41 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously it was a failure as it created a black market (as do anti drug or abortion laws today).
However the government coffers were running low and they needed the taxes from alcohol.
The other social issues, mentioned above, do not create taxes and will be with us forever. They only cost in healthcare.
2007-02-12 16:18:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a total failure because it catered to a small group of people who did have the feelings of the general public on it's side......
2007-02-12 16:12:54 · answer #7 · answered by pootfart3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well since I'm drinking a beer right now...probably a failure.
2007-02-12 17:14:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a failure, that is why it was repealed. More people made money making and selling liquor and the government was LOSING tons of money by not getting the taxes.
2007-02-12 16:18:46 · answer #9 · answered by Karen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Failure...people still wanted to drink, so criminals supplied them, making millions of dollars and making organized crime a power to be reckoned with in US society. Increased gang violence. Undermined respect for the law.
2007-02-12 16:11:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋