Prohibition Powerpoint - LS Home Page

• In his book The Devaluing of America, WilliamBennett, former director of the Office ofNational Drug Control Policy under PresidentGeorge H.W. Bush, said:– “Contrary to myth, there is no evidence thatProhibition caused any big increases in crime. The realfacts are these: As a result of Prohibition, 180,000saloons were shut down, and 1,800 breweries went outof business. In ten years of Prohibition, the death ratedue to alcohol decreased 42 percent, the death ratedue to cirrhosis of the liver decreased by 70 percent,crime decreased by 54 percent, and insanity decreasedby 66 percent.”