The 18th amendment was and still is the prohibition of alcohol. The 18th amendment stopped harsh alcohol production across the United States The passing of this amendment made people mad. They lost money in the production of alcohol. Stores weren’t making money off of the sales of alcohol. Stores that were allowed to sell alcohol and alcoholic beverages had strict rules and laws they had to abide by. Those were some of the downsides of the 18th amendment, but their are also numerous upsides as well. Smaller business and stores began to gain more customers depending on if they were allowed to sell alcohol. People who were intoxicated were kept off the streets by not being able to have alcohol. The ratification of the 18th amendment saved more lives than we count, yet still had god and bad influences on the