4.5: Re-Evaluating Policy
mala prohibita rather than mala in se , so creating laws and policies around them is as short-lived and fleeting as the new most popular meme. For example, the Eighteenth Amendment states (1917):
“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.”
[1] As you know, the experiment was an absolute failure. Crime actually increased and became organized, alcohol became more dangerous to drink because of the lack of regulations on bootlegged and black market production, corruption of public officials was rampant, and courts and prisons were stretched to capacity.
Conclusion
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Thornton, M. (1991). Alcohol prohibition was a failure.
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1-12. Retrieved object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/pa157.pdf%5D
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https://www.rd.com/funny-stuff/dumbest-laws-america/
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