18th Amendment Pros And Cons

You may not realize, but your body is exposed to amounts of alcohol everyday! Although you may not drink alcohol, a list of products that be could used to compare to today’s times include: mouthwash, cosmetics, cleaning products, and personal hygiene products. In the year 1919, the United States created the 18th Amendment (Prohibition). The prohibition was an amendment that prohibited the production, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States. In the year of 1933, the 18th Amendment was repealed, or removed, and the production, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages was made legal again. The United States repealed the Prohibition for the following reasons: The government was helpless to the illegal importation of alcohol, the increase of homicide, and loss of
“As long as they remain outside the 3-mile limit this Government cannot interfere with them and they are able to make their deliveries to bootleggers that slip out to them under cover of darkness in motor speed boats.”, (Haskin). The government was helpless because, although they may witness the boats of the bootleggers approaching their land, they could take no action to prevent the invasion. By this single rule, the bootleggers could easily receive and transfer these alcoholic beverages to their customers. This system was completely flawed because with the increase in activity of illegal alcohol possession, the Prohibition was, ultimately, useless. The government would have been better off setting restrictions to possibly control the use of alcoholic beverages. “…it is an utter impossibility to patrol the thousands of miles of border…”, (Haskin). Again, Haskin speaks to show that over the large border perimeter, there are not enough forces to prevent the transportation of alcohol. This made the illegal alcohol importation to be very simple for bootleggers to