[Roscoe]

"Beer and wine could be made at home for personal use, but could NOT be manufactured for public consumption nor transported or sold." -- FormerLurker

Oh?

"During Prohibition, certain activities were sanctioned, including home winemaking and wineries being allowed to make sacramental wines. During this period, wine consumption actually increased."

http://eat.epicurious.com/dictionary/wine/index.ssf?DEF_ID=2402&ISWINE=T

[FormerLurker]

"During Prohibition, certain activities were sanctioned, including home winemaking and wineries being allowed to make sacramental wines. During this period, wine consumption actually increased."

That didn't make beer and wine legal per se. That only allowed individuals to home brew for personal consumption and exempted the Church in order to continue to allow the use of wine in the Sacrament of Communion.

Sort of like the "medicinal marijuana" exemptions for California residents that the US government has such a hard time with...

[ChiMark]

No, wrong. Prohibition did see an actual decrease in alcoholism. Hey! that would destroy your bogus argument.
I never seen so many post defending pot. Does this prove it's addictive attributes? Besides pot is passe' too many old boomers out here jabbing about 60's stuff. Good booze is still number one.