Incidentally, alcoholism exploded shortly after the Twenty-First Amendment became effective.
Really? I suppose you have evidence to back that claim up.
The essential facts of the matter are, that from even before we were a nation, this country consumed MORE alcohol ( many had beer with breakfast ! ) was consumed, than in any other nation. It grew worse and worse and worse. Even the Abolishonists, prior to the Civil War, said that American alcoholism and public drunkenness, was a worse problem than slavery was. Don't believe me ? Look it up. :-)