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Comment by bbor

3 hours ago

It does feel like that sometimes, but alcohol use plummeted during US prohibition.

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ulrikrasmussen  2 hours ago

Initially, yes. But as illicit supply chains were established, usage crept back up. It didn't go all the way up to pre-prohibition usage, but it got pretty close. Just look at the graph in Figure 1 in this article: https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/pa157.pdf

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