Alcohol Prohibition “Worked,” According To DEA Report, Released With Police Union Lob

[caojyn]

Well the war against drugs is working!!

So is the war on terror... I mean um, man made disasters!!

Workplace violence

 

[Blinocac200sx]

Sorry, I have trouble finding anything positive about restricting freedom.

 

[Glocktogo]

It's nearly impossible to get a law with a good head of steam overturned. If prohibition actually worked, we'd still have it.

 

[cjjtulsa]

But if you ask the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), alcohol prohibition was fantastic, and something we should reconsider as a society.

Hell yes we should; many prisons are privatized now, and keeping them full is good for business.

 

[reddog1]

We need more private prisons.

 

[caojyn]

DEA says one thing and ATF says another... Who do we trust?

 

[nemesis]

What is meant by worked? Alcoholism rates did drop, deaths from cirrhosis of the liver dropped, laborers spending all their wages on booze right after being paid was impacted positively. There were also costs and negative consequences most of which are ALL that we hear of when The Volstead Act is discussed.

So please don't exhibit butt-hurt about some slight positive discussion of prohibition - in regards to the propaganda side the anti-prohibition folks have this one sewn up and have for decades.

You're correct. From my files re Prohibition:

Crime decreased 54%. The death rate due to liquor decreased 42%. Of the existing 98 “Keely Alcoholic Clinics”, 77 were closed. Insanity decreased 66%. When the amendment was repealed in 1933, drunkenness increased 350% and major St. Louis hospitals alone recorded a 400% increase in alcoholic patients.

 

[Glocktogo]

DEA says one thing and ATF says another... Who do we trust?

The AFF? (American Founding Fathers)

Just sayin...

 

[Glocktogo]

You're correct. From my files re Prohibition:

Crime decreased 54%. The death rate due to liquor decreased 42%. Of the existing 98 “Keely Alcoholic Clinics”, 77 were closed. Insanity decreased 66%. When the amendment was repealed in 1933, drunkenness increased 350% and major St. Louis hospitals alone recorded a 400% increase in alcoholic patients.

54% of what crimes? 42% of how many deaths? How many of those 66% would still be considered "insane" by modern standards? Again, 350% & 400% of how many? These are empty, meaningless statistics intended to sway those not capable of critical thinking. Alone, they do not make a strong case for criminalizing the civil rights of Americans.

 

[sanjuro893]

You're correct. From my files re Prohibition:

What sources are you citing? Some of that is true, but if you break it down to an individual crime and illness level, the stats are much more telling. Public intox went way down, so did hospitalization for alcohol addiction but binge drinking went WAY up and the hospitalizations and medical issues from such went up as well. Domestic violence went down also. But people DIED from bathtub gin and shine that was tainted with formaldehyde and such. The prison population went up because you had 30,000 instant criminals overnight and homicides in Chicago went WAY up due to the "beer wars". The VERY FIRST NIGHT prohibition went into effect, a beer shipment was hijacked and 4 people killed. The violence didn't let up until it was repealed and even then you had so many scofflaws who got their start in prohibition it lead to other criminal enterprises like drugs. Prohibition has too many different effects to paint it with a simple "it did" or "it didn't work".

I suppose if you were a gov't prohibition agent or a criminal it worked GREAT! The corrupt agents could get really rich, the few straight agents could wage their holy crusade. The criminals got rich and waged war on their rivals. I suppose the only loser in all this was the regular guy who wanted to have a cold beer when he got done at his job and had to risk getting thrown in jail during a raid, shot during a robbery, and had to pay three times the price of what he paid for a glass of beer in 1919.