Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
In the early 1900s, states began to pass different laws, which banned alcohol sales, and consumption. Then, in 1920, a nationwide Prohibition went into effect, but instead of eradicating the problem, it produced a great windfall for the moonshiners. Suddenly, there was no legal alcohol available. The demand for moonshine shot up like a rocket, for moonshiners couldn't keep up with the demand.
This then led to cheaper, sugar-based moonshine, as well as watered-down moonshine. Organized crime blossomed as speakeasies opened in every city. In these secret saloons, there were hidden doors, and passwords, and escape routes in case the "Feds" ever showed up to conduct a raid. When Prohibition was repealed in 1933, the market for moonshine grew thin, and today, very few illegal alcohol cases are heard in the courts. [Excerpts from Science, How Stuff Works].
The reason why the nationwide ban produced the opposite effect, is because, as a general rule of thumb, banned products become more valuable to human nature, and the more they are prohibited, the more they will be sought after. This is just a by-product of fallen human nature. In the garden Eden there were a million and one trees, but the only one on which a prohibition was placed, then became the most sought after.
Genesis 2:16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!