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Robert Abate Hlth 30 September 30, 2017 Prohibition, A film by Ken Burns – Part 2 Point 1 - Low consensus on an issue (or a law like Prohibition) means ‘enforcement is going to be difficult. To enforce an unpopular law – significant ‘resources need to be committed to the enforcement effort (e.g., regulation surveillance, violation arrests, court enforcement, etc.) How did this play itself out in the case of Alcohol Prohibition? It might be said regarding prohibition that much of America was in favor of drunks drinking less, but still wanted to drink freely themselves because they personally were responsible drinkers. Also, that America was divided politically, religiously, and culturally, along rural (native) and urban (immigrant)†¦show more content†¦The sums of money being exchanged during the dry era proved a corrupting influence in both the federal Bureau of Prohibition and at the state and local level. Police officers and Prohibition agents alike were frequently tempted by bribes or the lucrative opportunity to go into bootlegging themselves. Many stayed honest, but enough succumbed to the temptation that the stereotype of the corrupt Prohibition agent or local cop undermined public trust in law enforcement for the duration of the era. http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/unintended-consequences/ Enforcement of the Volstead Act became unpractical as the scope of the problem overwhelmed existing law enforcement resources and there were no concerted efforts to fund law enforcement to the level where the problem could be met with an appropriate response. 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