Thornton, Mark. "Prohibition's Failure: Lessons for Today." USA Today (Farmingdale). March 1992: 70-73. SIRS Researcher. Web. 27 Sep 2010.
• Much stronger alcohol was produced during prohibition
• “The production of moonshine during that period was undertaken by an army of amateurs and often resulted in beverages that could harm or kill the consumer.”
• Toxic Alcohol related deaths went from 1,064 in 1920 to 4,154 in 1925
• “One New Jersey businessman claimed that there were 10 times more places one could get a drink during Prohibition than there had been before.”
• Illegal producers and sellers of alcohol during prohibition followed no regulations, restrictions, or limits.
• Alcoholic medicine sales doubled from 1923 to 1931.
• Alcohol for sterilization sales quadrupled from 1923 to 1931.
• The amount of suicide grew by 78% during prohibition.
• The crime rate grew by 24%
• The amount of arrested drunk drivers grew by 81%