Here's to 75 Years

[saavedra77]

Be sure to raise a glass sometime today (if you may safely do so ...) to the 1933 ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment, which repealed Prohibition.

Comments

'typing out loud'

[dlasky.livejournal.com]

I like alcohol and can deal with it in moderation. But other people, usually due to body chemistry, are not so lucky. I sometimes wonder if prohibition was a good idea and should have stayed on the books. Of course, it created a big illegal industry, even bigger than today's pot farmers I'll bet. So ultimately, yeah, legalization is the best thing. But regulation is also important.

[delerium69.livejournal.com]

It's funny because I don't remember there being much of a mention of the anniversary of the amendment in the past. But here's to it, even though it came too late to stop the explosion of organized crime which came along with Prohibition, which is the reason I cite for why amendments banning behavior are not really a good idea.

[huruma.livejournal.com]

*Raises a glass of wine in a toast*