December 5, 1933: The Twenty-first Amendment to the US Constitution is ratified which repealed the Eighteenth Amendment, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol

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[–] PhunkyPlatypus 4 points (+4|-0)

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I'll drink to that!

Hopefully by the centennial they'll reboke the prohibition of marijuana on a federal level.

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