1991/04/01 by Jeffrey A. Miron, Jeffrey Zwiebel · 2 citations
Medicine · #Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
paper · pdf · doi:10.3386/w3675
openalex publication_date 1991/04/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04
We estimate the consumption of alcohol during Prohibition using mortality, mental health and crime statistics. We find that alcohol consumption fell sharply at the beginning of Prohibition, to approximately 30 percent of its pre-Prohibition level. During the next several years, however, alcohol consumption increased sharply, to about 60-70 percent of its pre-prohibition level. The level of consumption was virtually the same immediately after Prohibition as during the latter part of Prohibition, although consumption increased to approximately its pre-Prohibition level during the subsequent decade.