Are there any accounts of cops in prohibition/depression era New York being drinkers? Would drink be widely available to the point where no one would think much of it, or would it be especially difficult for a public employee?
posted by Artw on Jul 4, 2009 - 12 answers

Which has incarcerated more African-Americans: slavery, or the war on drugs? [more inside]
posted by Kwanzaar on Mar 9, 2009 - 16 answers

Any film historians out there? I am trying to frind the name, and possibly a copy of an old two-reel comedy starring Three Stooges co-hort Bud Jamison [more inside]
posted by timsteil on Feb 18, 2008 - 1 answer

Help me find a United States Prohibition-era photograph showing a wine bottle of each size, from a standard bottle all the way up to a Nebuchadnezzar. [more inside]
posted by Brian James on Sep 14, 2007 - 5 answers

What can communities do to thwart the actions of the DEA? [more inside]
posted by mullingitover on Jan 18, 2007 - 15 answers

when Prohibition ended in the USA, did crime (both organised crime and general crime) increase or decrease? Did levels of alcholism increase? Did alcohol become cheaper? Are there lessons to be learned about the potential effects of legalising drugs? [MI] [more inside]
posted by Pericles on Feb 22, 2004 - 5 answers