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Who was charged with crimes during prohibition? The alcohol producers, the transporters, the servers, the people drinking? How serious were the punishments? If I were a regular customer having a drink in a speakeasy, would I actually be worried about getting charged with a crime?

by /u/Suwon in /r/AskHistorians

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