Prohibition

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sell, transport, import or
export any intoxicating liquors. This was controversial because it turned
the common hard working man or woman, who enjoyed a drink after a hard
day's work, into a criminal in the law's eyes. In The History of
Prohibiton, a web site by J. McGrew, it states that Prohibiton also gave
criminals, such as Al Capone, the opportunity to feed off the illegal
substance. The organized crime circuit ate up Prohibition and began to boot
leg alcohol. Local pharmacies and basements near the border became hubs for
the transactions. The "Big Bosses" would purchase it in Canada, where it
was legal and import it to the US. A prime example of the organized crime
is in the movie, Legends of the Fall. Both the Volstead Act and the
Eighteenth Amendment are mentioned in the movie, as it portrays a small
time boot legger going up against a big organized crime family, in the end
many people lost their lives over alcohol and money.
Speakeasies, illegal bars, sprang up ...

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