[DannyTN]

During Prohibition...
The economy soared, ie "The Roaring Twenties"
Admissions to mental hospitals were cut by 75%.
Admissions to emergency rooms were down 50%.
Church attendance as a percent of the population hit all time record highs.
Divorces were down.
I read a whole book on the positives during prohibition.
It was nothing like the total failure you have been led to believe.

[GunRunner]

Gag me.

Do you happen to remember what this book was called or who wrote it?

What was the result of the Roaring 20's? Next thing we know you're going to quote some book praising Herbert Hoover's successful economic record.

[FreedomCalls]

You are one of the rare ones to know about this. Americans to this day drink far less than we did before Prohibition. We were composed heavily of recent immigrants from countries such as Ireland and Germany, known for widespread alcohol use. In the cities, most industrial workers went to the bar after work, just like in the old country. In the West, the image of the saloon as a public gathering place was not a Hollywood invention. People drank a lot in 1900. We, as a country, don't drink nearly as much today. Compare per capita drinking in the U.S. today to Ireland or Germany or even Australia (a country with similar immigration patterns, but who did not go through Prohibition) and we are far lower than them.