Amendment 21

"Section 1.The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
Section 2.The transportation or importation into any state, territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.
Section 3.This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several states, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the states by the Congress."

The repeal of the 18th amendment was something that the majority of the country saw coming. Crime in the U. S. had skyrocketed and there was more pressure to on the government to change amendment 18 than they had ever predicted. With the 21st amendment, the Prohibition era came to a close, creating a more peaceful country. We are going through somewhat of a prohibition right now, this being the debate on legalizing marijuana. I think that if it this product is used for a medical purpose, than it should be legal because if a doctor is prescribing something that will help someone function in their daily life, wouldn't you want that for yourself or loved ones? Everything is based on perspective, so it is important to keep an open mind when dealing with these subjects. 

This video describes what it was like during the prohibition. The most interesting part in my opinion is that it says that more people partied when alcohol was illegal. The sad part is that many, many more people died due to alcohol related incidents during the prohibition than ever before. 

Here are a couple of interesting photos that I found after the amendment passed and ended the Prohibition. I honestly know that I would be celebrating, but I also probably would have been in the speakeasies and partying during the Prohibition... so I'm happy that it is very hard to change the constitution for this reason.