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Throughout history has been used to serve various purposes in many different cultures. The purposes have changed over time to fit in with the current lifestyles. This pattern is also true in American history. The use of has adapted to the social climate of the t ....

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.... of those in power. Alcohol prohibition struck directly at tens of millions of Americans of all ages, including many of societies most powerful members. prohibition threatened far fewer Americans, and they had relatively little influence in the districts of power. Only the prohibition of , which some sixty million Americans have violated since 1965 has come close to approximating the prohibition experience, but smokers consist mostly of young and relatively powerless Americans (American Heritage, pg 47). Alcohol prohibition was repealed and prohibition was retained, not because scientists had proved that alcohol was the less dangerous of the va ....