How did organized crime profit from bootleggers and speakeasies during Prohibition?

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Bob K.
May 16, 2016

When booze was outlawed, only outlaws had booze.

Explanation:

Prohibition was a rather ill-considered bit of legislation, passed quickly with no regard for its practical effects. By outlawing a product that was in very high demand, the government made alcoholic drinks very expensive, created a cottage industry of home-brewers, -vintners and -distillers (Alcoholic beverages are not difficult to make and are one of the oldest continuing enterprises in human history), and ceded control of an entire industry to organized crime.

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