Douglas_Knight comments on Open Thread, Feb 8 - Feb 15, 2016 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 11 February 2016 07:20:59AM *  4 points [-]

remained below pre-Prohibition levels until the 1940s

In other words, effect of 10 years of prohibition lasted for 10 years past the repeal. That sounds to me like a really small effect.

Let's put this in context. Here is a table from Rorabaugh and the graph:
The Second Great Awakening had a much larger and lasting effect