Assertion: prohibition | /r/HasProperty | failure
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text: Scholarly literature regarding the effect of prohibition is mixed, with some writers insisting that that popular claim that prohibition was a failure is false.
text: Some thought that they were pursuing a noble cause, but others believed that Prohibition was a failure and an overreach on the part of the government.
text: Most Americans believe Prohibition was a failure, as proven by repeal.
text: By 1929 it was clear that prohibition was a failure and President Hoover (1929–1933) appointed a special commission to study the issue.
text: State-wide alcohol prohibition was finally repealed in Mississippi in the 1960s (about a third of a century after the repeal of National Prohibition) because many residents came to believe that prohibition was a failure and caused serious problems.
text: But the mere presence of a black market does not mean that Prohibition is a failure (unless we think of success in terms of absolute perfection, which I’ve argued is silly).
text: The existence of underground black markets did not mean that Prohibition was a failure, any more than the continued existence of thieves means that laws against theft are failures.