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1920s: Prohibition is in effect throughout the United States, making it illegal to manufacture or consume alcohol. Although supporters of Prohibition argue that it increases health and safety, organized crime has skyrocketed and over four times as many people will die of alcohol- related causes, due largely to unregulated bootleg liquor.
Today: The legal drinking age in the United States is twenty-one, and the major alcoholrelated health concerns are injuries and deaths from drinking and driving.
1920s: The conservative culture of the early 1920s is...
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