Prohibition (can be seen as a failed plan)

1919- 18th Amendment to the constitution made manufacture, sale and transport of Alcahol illegal.
It failed because:
Not enough police to enforce the law, also many accepted bribes
Drinking continued in 'speakeasies' (illegal bars)
Moonshine (illegaly made alcahol)
Bootlegging (smuggling alcahol for sale)
It made ordinary people into criminals
Violence and crime through gangsters of illegal trade increased-it was very profitable.
Some illegaly made alcahol had adverse affects on the people for example some caused internal bleeding which killed a lot of people.
21st Amendmant caused the end of prohibition (it proved that it failed)
But it succeeded in:
Consumption of alcahol fell even after the end of prohibition
50 million litres of illegal alcahol was dicovered and destroyed
Eliot Ness and the Untouchables were recognised as high standad police.

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