While the people who backed and ratified the 18th Amendment may have been well-meaning, Prohibition created more problems than it solved. Gangsters in organized crime and a new layer of federal bureaucracy were but two of the unintended consequences of a small segment of American society trying to force its own morality on the American people. If only every law that was proposed could be previewed for its long-term effects, the world would be a better place. JOIN XOMBA IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD!