• NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml
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      4 days ago

      He was also using coke according to the article. Prohibition didn’t stop him from using that, there’s no reason to believe it would have stopped him from drinking either.

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        Well im a bit suprised that smuggling increased it that much but numbers dont lie

        some historians speculate that the total number could have continued to rise due to the increase in criminal activity associated with the illegal alcohol trade.

        • hark@lemmy.world
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          Homicides were trending up leading into it, perhaps there were other factors involved as well.