Repealing National Prohibition

Support for Repealing Prohibition: An Analysis of StateWide Referenda on Ratifying the 21st Amendment

Objectives. The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution repealing national prohibition is the only amendment ratified by state conventions rather than state legislatures. The referenda held to select delegates for these conventions offer a promising source of data for identifying determinants of support for prohibition repeal. Methods. We use various proxy measures to determine the importance o...

The Economics of Prohibition The Economics of Prohibition

The academic case for repealing Trump's refugee and travel ban.

Did prohibition really work? Alcohol prohibition as a public health innovation.

The conventional view that National Prohibition failed rests upon an historically flimsy base. The successful campaign to enact National Prohibition was the fruit of a century-long temperance campaign, experience of which led prohibitionists to conclude that a nationwide ban on alcohol was the most promising of the many strategies tried thus far. A sharp rise in consumption during the early 20t...

A Prohibition on Nuclear Weapons