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  2. Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    Following ratification in 1919, the amendment's effects were long-lasting, leading to increases in crime in many large cities, such as Chicago, New York and Los Angeles. [29] Along with this came many separate forms of illegal alcohol distribution, such as speakeasies, bootlegging and illegal distilling operations.

  3. Legal drinking age in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Alcohol is the most commonly used and abused drug among youth in the United States, more so than tobacco and illicit drugs. Although the purchase of alcohol by persons under the age of 21 is illegal, people aged 12–20 years old consume 11% of all alcohol consumed in the US. [7]

  4. Alcohol and society - Wikipedia

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    Alcohol education is the planned provision of information and skills relevant to living in a world where alcohol is commonly misused. [4] WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health, highlights the fact that alcohol will be a larger problem in later years, with estimates suggesting it will be the leading cause of disability and death.

  5. Arguments for and against drug prohibition - Wikipedia

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    [1] The U.S. government has argued that illegal drugs are "far more deadly than alcohol" saying "although alcohol is used by seven times as many people as drugs, the number of deaths induced by those substances is not far apart. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), during 2000, there were 15,852 drug-induced deaths ...

  6. Bar and restaurant owners sound alarm on Chicago Mayor ... - AOL

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    CHICAGOChicago bar and restaurant owners joined the opposition to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 budget plan Wednesday, saying the 35% tax hike he wants on liquor sales would be ruinous to ...

  7. Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    Crime rates soared under Prohibition as gangsters, such as Chicago's Al Capone, became rich from a profitable, often violent, black market for alcohol. The federal government was incapable of stemming the tide: enforcement of the Volstead Act proved to be a nearly impossible task and corruption was rife among law enforcement agencies. [1]

  8. Consequences of Prohibition - Wikipedia

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    Bootlegged alcohol also attracted more people to the drinking lifestyle because it was more exciting to do it undercover. [15] [1] One of the key statistics that shows how much alcohol the U.S. government poisoned to enforce Prohibition with this opposition is the number of people who were hospitalized or died from drinking the toxic alcohol.

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