81st Anniversary Celebration of Repeal Day: Prohibition Still Doesn’t Work

Cato Digital
December 5, 2014 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EST

1st floor/Wintergarden

Featuring Walter Olson, Senior Fellow, Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute & Editor, Over​lawyered​.com (@walterolson); Stacia Cosner, Deputy Director, Students for Sensible Drug Policy (@TheStacia); Michelle Minton, Fellow in Consumer Policy Studies, Competitive Enterprise Institute (@michelleminton); moderated by Kat Murti, Digital Marketing Manager, Cato Institute (@KatMurti).

On December 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, supposedly ending our nation’s failed experiment with prohibitionism. Yet, 81 years later, modern‐​day prohibitionists continue to deny the laws of supply and demand, attempting to control what individuals can choose to put into their own bodies.

Please join the Cato Institute for a celebration of the 81st anniversary of the repeal of alcohol prohibition. Panelists will discuss modern prohibitions — from the Drug War to blue laws; tobacco regulation to transfats — drawing connections with their earlier antecedent.

Alcoholic beverages and other commonly restricted refreshments (bring on the trans fats!) will be served following the discussion.

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