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any drink with over .5 percent alcohol beer had to be 3-8 percent and wine 10-20First prohibition law passed in Maine 1846The 18th Amendment to the constitution which stated prohibition went into effectUtah provided 2/3 majority needed when it voted for the 21st Amendment to the constitution which replealed 18th prohibitionAfter the repeal of prohibition some states continued to independently ban liquorNegative
permanently corrupted law enforcement, the court system, and politics. Over 10,000 people died during ProhibitionPositive
Drunkenness decreased 55.3%
Assault decreased 53.1%
Vagrancy decreased 52.8%
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