Amendment 21: Repeal of Prohibition

Section 1.
The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
Section 2.
The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or Possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.
Section 3.
This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.

As we have already covered the 18th amendment involving Prohibition, this is a direct answer to that basically stating that it is no longer in affect. This is actually and important amendment showing that something so opposed by the citizens can quickly be removed from our Constitution. This is the only direct repeal of an amendment so it speaks for itself in terms of the effect it had on our nation. Repealing the 18th is not an easy thing to do unless generally wanted by the rest of the United States and we can see here that is was. This allowed the tension on the alcohol issue to subside and let people produce the substance freely again.

The picture in the video embodies exactly how citizens felt about the 18th amendment. I really like the historical picture it paints for us here, as a society nearing a financial crisis can celebrate a freedom to purchase, sell, and make alcohol again. They also state an important distinction that the State still holds individual power on which alcohol laws they want to enforce. 

Here is an interesting take on a modern craft beer business that was initially fueled by the 21st amendment and is actually called 21st Amendment! The prohibition of alcohol as the businessman stated, really killed the industry, the gathering place, and after the ban was lifted it really allowed these businessmen and entrepreneurs to step back into the space of breweries. We have so many local and craft breweries today that would not exist if the 18th amendment had someone stuck.