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Which best describes an unintended consequence of Prohibition?
an increase in chronic illness
an increase in “medicinal alcohol”
a decrease in violent crime
a decrease in immoral behavior

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An increase in “medicinal alcohol.”
During Prohibition many doctors wrote prescriptions for whiskey and pharmacies dispensed alcohol as medicine, and illegal bootlegging and speakeasies also rose as unintended consequences.