The Eighteenth Amendment and the Part Played by Organized Medicine (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Stout, Charles Taber

 
9781334945830: The Eighteenth Amendment and the Part Played by Organized Medicine (Classic Reprint)

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This book examines how the 18th Amendment, instigated by the American Medical Association and the life insurance industry, was a grave error that was implemented without full consideration. The author argues that alcohol, in moderation, can be beneficial for human health, and that prohibition forced Americans to find dangerous alternatives like moonshine, leading to a rise in crime and corruption. The book also criticizes the medical community's relationship with the prohibition movement, arguing that they prioritized their own financial interests over the well-being of their patients. Ultimately, the book's insights on the importance of individual freedom and the dangers of government overreach are essential reading for anyone interested in how prohibition became a cultural and legal failure.

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Excerpt from The Eighteenth Amendment and the Part Played by Organized Medicine

I had formed in the loose way just described. The book, however, was persuasive, and I read it through a second time. After this second perusal I became skeptical; and I then read it once more, critically, checking up the various statements, with the result that I had to discard many of them as worthless. I do not mean to question Dr. Fisk's sincerity, of course; but apparently, as in the case of so many of our scientists, his field of observation has been distinctly limited. The impression which I received from the book was that if the prohibitionists were obliged to resort to propaganda such as this, there must be something wrong with their cause.

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