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# 18th Amendment 106 Today
- URL: https://bevnews.net/18th-amendment-106-today/
- Published: 2026-01-16T02:40:03.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-16T02:40:03.000Z
- Author: Joel Whitaker
- Tags: Anniversaries

The 18th amendment, which launched the Prohibition Era, began its short career this day in 1919\. Considered by some a well intentioned act (of social hygiene), it sought to ban the availability of alcoholic beverages. The unintended consequences, though, were perhaps worse — vast flouting of the law by the public and a boost to organized crime. Prohibition was repealed in December 1933\. In the no-longer-dry U.S., there are over 31,000 beer, wine and liquor stores, with annual sales over $36 billion.