Answer:
false.
Explanation:
The prohibition era was not only unsuccessful in its attempt to decrease the consumption of alcohol within the general population, it was, as a matter of fact, also the cause for a notable increase in the quantities of bootlegging and the illegal production and sale of alcohol; also, in many ways, it could be said that it turned people away from religious foundations at the base of the prohibition by turning them to the places where alcohol could be bought and consumed illegally, like speakeasies.
