Prohibition Ads

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Wrong Decision …… Wrong Prohibition Is it really efficient to stop Americans from drinking? The answer is NO Many Americans broke the prohibition right after it was passed Gangsters were pretty much involved in manufacturing and distributing illegal liquor. The number of illegal speakeasies and nightclubs even rapidly grew since the prohibition was passed.

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Wrong Decision…… Wrong Prohibition

Is it really efficient to stop Americans from drinking?

The answer is NO Many Americans broke the prohibition right after

it was passed Gangsters were pretty much involved in

manufacturing and distributing illegal liquor.

The number of illegal speakeasies and nightclubs even rapidly grew since the prohibition was passed.

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ProhibitionProhibition was a disaster, as nearly everyone must know.

By banning the legal sale of alcohol, the Eighteenth (and stupidest) Amendment to the Constitution, enacted in 1919, effectively promoted illegal sales of sometimes toxic substitutes, spawned lucrative new criminal enterprises, and greatly increased police corruption without decreasing alcohol consumption

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With Prohibition

Prohibition was a positive thing. Even though it was a disaster it

helped by stopping the sale of alcohol. 88% of Americans consume

alcohol in the U.S.STOP

ALCOHOL

Rosalio I.

Bryan V.

Period 4

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No More Prohibition Stop Organized Crime

Prohibition created jobs for Criminals.

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Lower Crime

STOP

PROHIBITION

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Against Prohibition!!Makes ugly girls look Pretty!

Women who consume alcohol moderately on a daily basis are about 20% less likely than abstainers to experience poor memory and decreased thinking abilities, according to recent research.

In addition to having fewer heart attacks and

strokes, moderate consumers of alcoholic

beverages (beer, wine or

distilled spirits or liquor)

are generally less likely to

suffer hypertension or high blood pressure,

peripheral artery disease, Alzheimer's

disease and the common

cold.

6 CORONAS

Alejandro BarajasPeriod 4

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Against prohibition.

It just caused more crimes. Alcohol sales actually went up. The crime rate; went up. Moderate alcohol use can be good for you. It helps blood circulation.