Imagine an end to the bloodshed. No more gang warfare. No more drive-by shootings. Imagine an end to the corruption of police and judges with black market bribes. Imagine American teens freed from the lure of "easy money" gained by illicit trafficking.

Seventy years ago those possibilities were only beginning to be imagined. Until those benefits could be widely envisioned by the U.S. public, America's failed experiment with the "War on Alcohol" raged on. Once those benefits were fully understood, Prohibition was repealed and America finally enjoyed those advantages.

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