[OLD REGGIE]

Laws do have an impact on human behavior.

And the law on Prohibition spawned the Kennedy Empire. ;-)

Bad law!

[AlguyA]

'And the law on Prohibition spawned the Kennedy Empire. ;-)

Bad law!

Agree on both points. In fact, that was the author's point to whom I alluded earlier. Basically, that while drinking declined, the cost to society of the crime empires spawned by Prohibition far outweighed the benefits of decreased rates of drinking.