The Eighteenth Admendment

"Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.

Section 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress."

Above is a part of a very interesting documentary comparing the failed attempt at prohibiting and the failed attempt to stop drug trafficking in the United states.  The Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution made alcohol illegal in the United States.   "After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited."  This Amendment was very unpopular and was eventually ended with the 21st Amendment. 

Despite alcohol being outlawed, the entire country still drank.  In fact, there is evidence supporting that the prohibition of alcohol only urged people to want to drink even more.  Above is a picture that would be fair to say accurately represented the entire nations views on the use and distribution of alcohol.  Another interest question comes into play during this time period; how did companies like Jack Daniels and Anhiser-Busch stay in business during prohibition?