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> the alcohol was legalized in order to a) reverse the ill effects of prohibition which led to birth of large-scale organized crime

This statement is historically incomplete, and geographically myopic.

Alcohol in the US was initially fully legal, then prohibited for a short period, then legalized again.

Elsewhere, laws differ, but alcohol is largely regulated but legal for adults in most (non-Islamic) countries.





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