The problem with Prohibition was that the law was a) rather vague, b) gave the Federal Government the power to [arbitrarily] define “intoxicating liquors” [something most would think would be hard alcohol; yet the definition supplied by the federal government disallowed even beer], and c) was by its nature unenforceable.
C is perhaps the most disturbing in-nature, it is the method by which the government is stripping away our rights: turning Justice from something that is blind and treats everyone equal into something wicked and evil that is wholly dependent on the whims of the police/judge/prosecutor.
Yes, Prohibition had its faults, as the post states. And yet in many cases, thousands were saved. People see what they want to see. I try to see the good and bad.