REPORT SHOWS INCREASE IN DEATH FROM DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH DRINKING LIQUOR SINCE 1920
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On September 17, 1925, The Alaska Daily Empire reports that according to findings of the Research and Education Department of the Federal Council of Churches "the number of deaths from diseases that grow out of liquor drinking showed a drop in 1920...but an increase in the years thereafter (1921-1925)."
The findings led to the observation that "the trend of social consequences of prohibition since 1920 (have) been disturbing."
JFK+50 NOTE
Prohibition, a nationwide ban on liquor in the United States 1920-1933, was established by passage of the 18th amendment to the Constitution & the Volstead Act. The manufacture, sale & transport of alcoholic beverages was prohibited. Prohibition ended with passage of the 21st amendment which repealed the 18th.
Despite prohibition's intended results, there was a surge in organized crime, a loss of government tax revenue and an increase in sale & consumption of illegal liquor.
SOURCE
"Social Consequences Of Prohibition Are Disturbing, Is Report," The Alaska Daily Empire, September 17, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
