Alcoholism was a common problem in the US throughout the 19th century, with the opium extract laudanum also much abused. These ills prompted the temperance and prohibition movements
Was it wise or unwise to end Prohibition? I say wise.
89 posted on 04/18/2017 11:31:46 AM PDT by NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")