Prohibition...A Waste? Prohibition is now a waif of a thought in most’s minds but at one time was a factor on everyone’s mind. It began a movement that later some believed was a mistake. I cannot tell my opinion, but will simply show you the history of it. Prohibition has many stories, including, but not limited to, the founders, the enforcement, and the American public’s attitude towards it. Prohibition is defined as “The forbidding by law of the sale or manufacture of alcoholic beverages”(Mirian-Webster 581). Now, the Prohibition history starts with the founders, women. “The leaders of the prohibition movement were alarmed at the drink