The Quint: Dry Days, All Year: Is Prohibition the Wisest Law to Implement?

Описание: In January 1920, the United States of America instituted and effected in force the Volstead Act, prohibiting the sale of “intoxicating liquors”. For the next thirteen years America would say goodbye to ‘having a drink’, witnessing the rise of legendary gangsters like Al Capone, the flourishing of the illegal liquor trade with several illegal dens, speakeasies proliferating, leading to the Depression and the final revoking of the Volstead act, with President Franklin D Roosevelt noting “I think we could all do with a beer.” It was more than evident that the 13 long years of prohibition did nothing more than giving rise to a mafia and encourage illegal selling and trade of alcohol.
The prohibition debate in india has been brought under the spotlight again, with the Nitish Kumar government introducing even more stringent prohibition laws, just after the Patna High Court termed the existing Prohibition act in the state to be “illegal’. The government has decided to move the Supreme Court, challenging the HC ruling. Given that about 30% of Indians consume alcohol, and about 11% are moderate to heavy drinkers, we thought of laying bare for you how effective prohibition proves to be in terms of checking alcohol-related tragedies and mishaps.


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