Essays Tagged: "21st amendment"

Prohibition: "The Ignoble Experiment"

ratified on January 29th, 1920 and was repealed on December 5th, 1933 with the ratification of the 21st Amendment which nullified prohibition.The 18th Amendment stated that it was illegal to manufact ...

(2 pages) 84 0 4.0 Mar/1995

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Got Green? An argumentitive essay about the legalization of marijuna

the use of the drug would increase. It is true that after the prohibition of alcohol ended with the 21st amendment, alcohol consumption doubled. Therefore, critics argue that legalizing marijuana woul ...

(3 pages) 90 1 4.1 Nov/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

The Effects of the Legalization of Marijuana

ue. During Prohibition alcohol use was still sold and used, but people were doing it illegally. The 21st amendment repealed prohibition and alcohol taxes were increased. The same thing should happen w ...

(4 pages) 106 0 1.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

18th Amendment

on or consumption illegal. It was ratified on January 16, 1919, however was quickly repealed by the 21st Amendment in 1933. This time era was called the Prohibition. The 18th Amendment is the only one ...

(2 pages) 17 1 3.0 Nov/2009

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History