Agree with ya' there Paul, prohibition didn't work in the U.S. when they tried to "dry up" the nation.
All it did was give the Mafia a golden opportunity to diversify, encouraged the moonshiners and cost the Federal government quite a bit in lost revenues...
Not to mention the fact that inn-keepers, bar owners, breweries, vintners and all involved lost out on their liveliehoods while all this was going on.