[robertpaulsen]

Compare annual costs. Adjust for inflation. You can even use this calculator to convert 1920's dollars to current dollars.

I'm saying, in my opinion, the annual cost of Prohibition was less than the annual cost of alcohol abuse, alcoholism, rehab, detox, lost wages, hospitalization, etc. We can also compare annual deaths due to Prohibition vs. annual deaths due to alcohol, including DWI deaths.

[tacticalogic]

The only valid comparison is going to be comparing the cost during Prohibition to the years immediatly before or after to keep all the variables as close to the same as possible. You'll also have to account for the cost of alcohol abuse that still occurred during prohibition. Until you can produce and compare those figures, your assertions are unfounded speculation.

[tacticalogic]

I'm saying, in my opinion, the annual cost of Prohibition was less than the annual cost of alcohol abuse, alcoholism, rehab, detox, lost wages, hospitalization, etc.

Now it's opinion, eh? A little while ago it was unassailable fact. Does "veracity" have any meaning or value to you at all?