Amendment XVIII

"After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.
Section 2
The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Section 3
This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress."

This is the prohibition of alcohol.



I thought this image was funny because it shows a mother trying to keep her son "pure" from alcohol assuming that he would drink when he grew up. I think only some changes can be made by changing the laws, but morality will mostly have to come from within.



Here is another interesting photo from the prohibition. Apparently it was started by women. The prohibition was ineffective and not enforceable.
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