While alcohol consumption remains a public health concern, a nationwide prohibition is unlikely to happen again. At 12:01 a.m., Jan. 17, 1920, America was cut off. Saloons closed their doors.

In an editorial titled “Who Undermines Prohibition ... Sheriff dumping bootleg alcohol, circa 1925. Those depicted in the photo include J. Elliott, Joe Ryan, Sheriff Sam Jernigan, and ...

As the trade in illegal alcohol became more lucrative, the quality of alcohol on the black market declined. On average, 1000 Americans died every year during the Prohibition from the effects of ...

Within a few years, the federal government extended Prohibition on alcohol to all states. The following year, in 1919, the Volstead Act set out the details of what Prohibition meant and the ...

Prohibition in the United States, which lasted from 1920 to 1933, banned the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcoholic beverages. The movement was fueled by moral and religious objections, as ...