I also forgot to mention that as scientist I believe in the scientific method. We’ve done the experiment once, prohibition, and it didn’t work. We’re repeating it again and it isn’t working and we are getting exactly the same result. If this was a drug trial and it was found that the drug didn’t work and was harming people it would be immediately stopped. Prohibition has never worked at anytime in history that I can find. It is against human nature.
Your premise is substantially in error. Prohibition did work -- but the propaganda has been the other way, so don't worry about it.
Total alcohol consumption, total consumption per capita, and alcoholism rates fell. Rum practically disappeared, other white liquors declined precipitously in popularity, and wine nearly disappeared for 50 years.
Tastes rotated toward brown liquors and beer, and consumption fell. Social attitudes changed, and moderation was in.
It worked. Deal with it.