Americans are drinking more now than when Prohibition was enacted. What’s more, it’s been rising for two decades, and it’s not clear when it will fall again.

A hundred years after Prohibition began in 1920, Americans were drinking more in early 2020 than they were before alcohol was banned. Consumption rose even more in 2020 and 2021 amid lockdowns and ...

Drinks, Crime and Prohibition on Smithsonian Channel examines the famous ban on alcohol in America, and the resultant windfalls and human carnage that it exacted.

The states could regulate the importation or transportation of alcohol within their states, but federal prohibition was no longer a constitutional mandate. This is what makes the 21st Amendment unique ...

Tuesday marks 90 years since the end of Prohibition, the 13-year federal ban on alcohol now largely viewed as a failed experiment that glamorized illegal drinking. The Prohibition Era lasted from ...