A chart of alcohol consumption per year per person during Prohibition
"...cirrhosis of the liver was down 66% in men, and public drunkenness was halved." See more at:
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"The number of inmates in jails and prisons decreased 75%, and
many correctional institutions were closed entirely." See more at: www.prohibitionists.org |
Most states made 21 the legal drinking age, although a handful required drinkers to be only 18. No national drinking age existed until 1984, when the National Minimum Drinking Age Act was passed.
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