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Walgreens had a legal prescription whiskey business. You will read about the rampant growth of the prescription alcohol business in the book, Prohibition. From Behr’s Book: “On January 16, 1920, America Went Dry… for the next thirteen years the Eighteenth Amendment prohibited the making, selling or transportation of intoxicating liquors, heralding a new era of crime and corruption on all levels of society… Formerly law-abiding citizens brewed moonshine, became rumrunners and frequented speakeasies.” I especially enjoyed Behr’s description of the weeks leading up to January 16, 1920. Americans had a pre-notice to the start of Prohibition. One could store those intoxicating liquors in one’s home for personal use. Anti-Prohibitionist hoarded alcohol and transported alcohol in any means possible. I tried to imagine what I would be doing in the first two weeks of January 1920…. Prohibition is about the tumultuous days. It’s about the flappers, and it’s about the gangsters. You will read Continued on page 30
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