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

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Date and Time 

December 5, 2014 6 - 8 PM EST 

Location 

1st floor/Wintergarden 

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##### Featuring 

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