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Was the 18th Amendment prohibition a success or failure?

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failure

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Although prohibition did decrease the amount of alcohol Americans consumed, it failed utterly to stop that consumption.

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It was a political failure

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The policy was a political failure, leading to its repeal in 1933 through the 21st Amendment. There's also a widespread belief that Prohibition failed at even reducing drinking and led to an increase in violence as criminal groups took advantage of a large black market for booze.

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