The Ineffectiveness of Prohibition and How it Influenced the Violence and Crime in the 1920s Introduction. There was a National Prohibition in the 1920s when there was a prohibition on alcohol consumption in the United States of America. Then, it became very difficult for the Americans to obtain alcohol in the market.
Mississippi was the first state to pass the bill of prohibition. From there on out the entire country followed in Mississippis lead in the crusade of prohibition. The eighteenth amendment was a law, which tried to reform and protect the American people against alcohol, as some called, the devils advocate.
After prohibition was repealed there was a dramatic decrease in alcohol consumption and a dramatic decrease in crime rates. Most states agreed to repeal prohibition and only two states opposed it. This shows that our nation knew that prohibition was a big mistake but to every mistake there is always something learned from it.
Prohibition generally means a complete ban on all alcohol based drinks but it should also be pointed out that prohibition can also be applied equally to other substances that are in the process or have been banned. It is time that we took a closer look at prohibition and the positive and negative effects of the same. Positive impact of prohibition.
Prohibition led to the first and the only time an Amendment of United States Constitution was repealed more than once. Personally, I think that the Volstead Act of 1919 was a failure and the prohibition laws gave rise to speakeasies and organized crime. David E. Kyvig states that the prohibition was a failure.