Prohibition had an interesting effect on society. During this time period, people were not allowed to drink, buy or sell alcohol and bootleggers were arrested. Prohibition was put in place for the purpose of there being more sober people that didn't break the law, but just the opposite happened. During the fourteen years of prohibition, there were more people breaking the law than beforehand. It did not really stop drinking alcohol anyways, because people would come up with a medical need for alcohol and get a medical prescription for it as a loophole. Gangsters hired people to smuggle alcohol and they would sell it in speakeasies, or illegal bars. Prohibition Agents were not very effective because most of them accepted bribes. The Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the beginning of the Great Depression exposed a need for more jobs. By removing the prohibition, more jobs would be available, thus the amendment was repealed. Therefore, the prohibition period was not effective because it did not change the opinions of those that were against it.
