Section. 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.
Section 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
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**Think Further Questions
1. Why do you think public opinions of Prohibition shifted so drastically shortly after it began being enforced?
2. Do you think the benefits of banning alcohol outweigh the costs of allowing it?
3. Can you think of other instances in which banning something only led to increases in its use?
**Contents
00:00 - The Passage
01:17 - Amendment Text
01:58 - Interpretation
02:31 - Major Court Cases
03:36 - Controversies
04:52 - Why Care?
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