18th Amendment (prohibition of alcohol)

Ratification was certified on January 16, 1919, Amendment took effect January 17, 1920.
SECTION 1.
After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.

SECTION 2.
The Congress and the several states shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

SECTION 3.
This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several states, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the states by the Congress.

Breakdown...

The 16th Amendment was pushed by the idea of the 18th Amendment

• Declared the production, transport and sale of (though not the consumption or private possession of) alcohol illegal. 
• Although it was created to limit crime,  police, courts and prisons were overwhelmed with new cases.
• Organized crime increased in power, and police/law enforcement officials became increasingly corrupt.
• This amendment, repealed in 1933 by the Twenty-first Amendment, was the only constitutional amendment that was ever repealed.

Volstead Act-  defined which "intoxicating liquors" were prohibited, and which were excluded from prohibition (wine for communion or other alcohol used for medical purposes).

These images depict instances with prohibition of alcohol. In the first image a mother holds a baby boy in her arms, the words "Help me to keep him pure" are written above them. The next image is of two woman smuggling alcohol, and the bottom image is of a group of woman supporting alcohol with signs protesting saying "We want beer". Although it was mainly woman that protested against alcohol consumption, there were plenty of woman who supported it as well. I would probably be in the bottom picture myself..."Go beer!"

The top image is a group rallied to protest the 18th Amendment. The middle picture is an example of moonshiners. A group of people (organized crime group) that would make and sell alcohol for a profit. To be a moonshiner was a risky business, not only did you have the law enforcement after you, you had other moonshiner groups and even individuals in your group that may kill you or sell you out. The bottom image is of the percentage of crime rates before,during,and after prohibition. As you can see the crime most definitely did not decrease, it increased by 40-50%. I think this has to do with respect. I say this because whenever someone respects me as a rational being that has the capabilities of making good decisions I do not desire to be irrational. I believe they would have had more success in limiting alcohol consumption by educating the population about the negative and positive aspects of alcohol, such as cigarette commercials that are taking place currently educating the population on how it has a negative effect on an individual and the family.