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I spent several Hours touring the
fabulous 'Mob Museum' in Las Vegas. >$30 Million was spent rehabbing a 1930s-era Post Office downtown into a very well-researched Facility.
Part of one Floor dealt with Prohibition. At the peak, there were reportedly >200,000 Speak Easys in the U.S. where Bootleg Liquor was sold. Supply & Demand in action right there. The Displays also covered the odd alliances between Mobsters and Policemen/Judges being paid off to look the other way, and how John Q. Public wanted his Hootch no matter what. This struck me as
deja vu all over again.
Here in Colorado, the Tax Revenues paid to the State on Pot Sales recently surpassed that from all Liquor Sales. I believe that's from Liquor Stores only, but won't swear to it. The point of the Article I read was to compare Liquor and Pot Store Outlets in somewhat of an *Apples to Apples* manner; not necessarily to include Taxes realized from Bar and Pub Liquor sales.
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