[NobleFree]

Alcoholism was rampant in this country by the late 19th and early 20th century and was the singlemost destructive force in ripping apart families. Activists took the route that the only way to deal with this destructive force was to remove it from American society. Enough people supported this movement that it was enacted into law. Although it had the unfortunate side-effect of organized crime getting into the game

Actually, the temperance movement did most of its good before Prohibition was enacted. Education and social pressure works - the blunt instrument of law serves primarily to enrich criminals.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Again, you make the argument for removal of most laws since folks will somehow “profit” from them.