prohibit the sale and drinking of alcohol act was passed on January 22, 1919 but the enactment of the laws began the Prohibition era at midnight of January 16, 1920 (Encarta 3). Saloons across the nation were closed down and the manufacturing of liquor was illegal. Unfortunately, the law was ignored by most of the nation, and in fact led to a tremendous increase in the consumption, manufacture, and sale of alcohol.
             Although the consumption of alcohol decreased drastically in 1921(Thornton 3), the following year it skyrocketed back up to around the same amount as it was before the Volstead Act was introduced. Not only was prohibition not reducing the consumption of alcohol, but also it was leading people to harder drinks and causing people to socialize even more through the consumption of alcohol in speakeasies. But what made the situation even worse is that
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