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Tell Children the Truth About Drinking Los Angeles Times OP-ED March 1, 1996 By Stanton Peele
Handbook for Medical Practicioners and Others on Alcohol and Drug Problems
U.S. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Controlled Substance Laws
Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Problematic Use of Alcohol - A project of the American Psychoanalytic Foundation
"The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this country is closely connected with this"
-Albert Einstein, "My First Impression of the U.S.A.", 1921
The History of Alcohol Prohibition from the report of the The National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse
Alcohol Prohibition Was a Failure by Mark O. Thornton
The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution, which made alcohol prohibition the law of the land.
The 21st Amendment to the US Constitution, which repealed alcohol prohibition.
The VCL: Architects of Repeal by Richard M. Evans, Attorney at Law. This is a good discussion of the Voluntary Committee of Lawyers which provided the legal framework for the repeal of alcohol Prohibition.
Homicide Rates 1910 - 1944 -- A chart of the homicide rates, before, during, and after alcohol Prohibition.
Fiorello LaGuardia on Prohibition - The Mayor of New York's statement on Prohibition.
Richmond P. Hobson Argues for Prohibition
Chicago Saloons Before Prohibition
The City of Chicago, A Study of the Great Immoralities George Kibbe Turner, "The City of Chicago, A Study of the Great Immoralities," McClure's Magazine 28(April 1907): 576-79
Student Testimony Against Prohibition
Ohio Dry Federation Prohibition Campaign of 1918
A Glimpse Behind the Mask of Prohibition, by Percy Andrae
Mr. Dooley on the Temperance Wave from the American Magazine 65(April 1908): 599-604
The Federal Council of Churches and Prohibition
Women's National Committee for Law Enforcement
US Army Prohibition, 1890-1953
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