The Prohibition was a national ban on alcohol and alcoholic beverages. It lasted from 1920 to 1933, it made some people corrupt. many new gangs started smuggling alcohol across the states. The organized crime that came out of the Prohibition was able to control most of the government and law enforcement. They used bribes and blackmail to corrupt the government officials, and if that didn't work they would "whip them out".

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Prohibition also harmed many people physically. Bootleggers who sold homemade alcohol sometimes used wood to make the beverages instead of fruit or grain. This cause over 10,00 people to die from drinking wood alcohol.

 

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Prohibition made cigarettes a national habit. By 1930 cigarettes were legal, and most adults began to smoke as a sign of rebellion. No one seemed to care the alcohol was much healthier than smoking.

 

     Alcohol became much more expensive to acquire. making life even more difficult for some Americans. The government also los a lot of tax revenues from the use of alcohol.

 

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