Prohibition

Prohibition in United States was accomplished by means of the Eighteenth Amendment to the national Constitution (ratified January 16, 1919) and the Volstead Act (passed October 28, 1919). Prohibition began on January 16, 1920, when the Eighteenth Amendment went into effect. Federal Prohibition agents (police) were given the task of enforcing the law. Prohibition also referred to that part o ...

Date added: 27 March '06

Al Capone and the bootleggers

by Herminne Tonita - In 1919 the American people voted in favor of a new amendment to the Constitution. The Eighteenth Amendment prohibited the making or selling of alcoholic drinks in the USA. People who supported "prohibition" claimed that it would stop alcoholism and drunkenness and make the United States a healthier, happier country. But many Americans were not willing to give up alcohol ...

Date added: 30 May '07

Drinking and Driving

by Cristina Nuta - In the majority of cases, drivers are taken their driving license because of the consumption of alcohol while driving. I have always promised myself that I will never drive if I have consumed alcohol previously, no matter the quantity. Still, half a year ago I made this terrible mistake to drive after having drunk two beers in the house of a friend, while watching a footba ...

Date added: 30 May '07

Do you drink alcohol?

by Cristina Nuta - Alcohol has been a very dangerous vice since the mankind. People drink alcohol from different reasons, but the first and most important one is that alcohol is generally consumed at parties and with special occasions, when people want to have fun and to feel a little different, as if they had no concerns. Still, the idea is the following: not only mature persons drink alco ...

Date added: 11 July '07

Do Not Use Drugs While Pregnant

by Cristina Nuta - Alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs are a serious problem in our society nowadays, because more and more people use them from an early age. Even if they are aware of the dangers in time that these can produce on their minds and bodies, they continue to take them and have no ambition in giving them up, especially when they have reached a point at which it is so difficult to sto ...

Date added: 21 November '07