I've always been fairly liberal, and I still am. However, I never really thought much about the devastating effects of alcohol until it crashed into my own life.
Having seen what it's done to my AW, and others, I can almost understand why prohibitionists felt the way they did. I realize that prohibition can't work, and I wouldn't support it if someone proposed it again.
However, studies like this one indicate that we've got a serious problem on our hands, and maybe we, as a society, should pay more attention to it.