The Problems of the Prohibition Era: Organized Crime
When Prohibition took effect on January 17, 1920, and banned the manufacture, transport, and sale of alcoholic beverages thousands of formerly legal saloons and bars across the country closed down. This angered many people; the supply and the demand for the illegal alcohol was going up, so people known as bootleggers have decided to go private and do it clandestinely. Bootleggers are now smuggling alcohol from the surrounding countries, some are buying prescription alcohol, and others have decided to produce […]
