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minus-squareScaramanga@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 hours agoNo it didn’t. Alcohol sales increased during prohibition. A lot of people got rich through the sale of alcohol flooding through from Canada.
minus-squareGaslov@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoAlcohol sales did not increase, though it did make a small number of people rich, that is true. That doesn’t change the fact prohibition was successful in greatly reducing alcohol consumption.
No it didn’t. Alcohol sales increased during prohibition. A lot of people got rich through the sale of alcohol flooding through from Canada.
Alcohol sales did not increase, though it did make a small number of people rich, that is true. That doesn’t change the fact prohibition was successful in greatly reducing alcohol consumption.