Because of the Volstead Act, American wine
consumption actually increased during Prohibition. The traditional American
alcoholic beverages of beer and distilled spirits were illegal to produce and
sell from 1920-1933. As a result, regions like Lodi saw a massive increase in
demand for grapes used for home winemaking.
Prohibition did not curtail the American
apetite for alcohol, it merely destroyed the legal framework that governed
alcohol sales. Due to the inaccessibility of alcohol, the use of other drugs,
including cocaine and marijauna greatly increased. Additionally, the government
lost a major source of revenue from taxing alcohol as organize crime took over
the means of production and distribution. The American public became increasingly
dissolutioned with the government's stubborn attempt to attain the impossible.
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