The 21st Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, repealing Prohibition.
Only the 12th (President and Vice-President from same party), 23rd (DC voters can vote for a presidential candidate) and 26th (18 year-olds can vote) Amendments were ratified faster.
A little-known fact is that that many of the people who backed the Repeal had also backed Prohibition. They backed Repeal because of the damage that they saw Prohibition doing to the rule of law and respect fo the authorities.
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Saturday, December 5, 2015
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And then the newly-unemployed prohibition agent Harry Anslinger launched his war on marijuana, calling it the preferred drug of "Negroes, Mexicans and jazz musicians" -- all of whom he held in equal esteem.
ReplyDeleteI wonder which commercial interests stood to benefit from legal alcoholic beverages.
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