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December 5th, 1933, prohibition in the united states officially came to an end. what you see here before you arç people who seem pretty psyched to have a legal drink to celebrate the fact. prohibition was a long time in the making and a long time in the unmaking. and both the path to prohibition and the path out of prohibition were pioneered in the states. states began prohibiting alcohol before the federal government passed the constitutional amendment to do so. and once prohibition was the la...

79 years ago today, on december 5th, 1933, prohibition in the united states officially came to an end. what you see here before you are people who seem pretty psyched to have a legal drink to celebrate the fact. prohibition was a long time in the making and a long time in the unmaking. and both the path to prohibition and the path out of prohibition were pioneered in the states. states began prohibiting alcohol before the federal government passed the constitutional amendment to do so. and once ...

Administration handled in an extraordinarily unique crisis four years ago? >> look, we got a rule at the university which is we never let professors grade their own papers because theyre not likely to be objective. but i think -- >> let me ask -- why did you get -- >> i think the right thing -- i think basically the right things were done. the evidence that the right things are done comes from the way the united states looking compared to four years ago versus the way europe looks, versus the wa...

Right? do you feel like the comparison with alcohol prohibition is appropriate here? >> absolutely. it is appropriate. it was the states back in 1933 that ended alcohol prohibition. they were the ones that took the initiative to move the federal government towards change. >> you are a supporter, i know, of the decriminalization of marijuana. with your background in law enforcement specifically in narcotics, how did you come to this political point of view? >> well, it didnt happen overnight, but...

With alcohol prohibition is appropriate here? >> absolutely. it is appropriate. it was the states back in 1933 that ended alcohol prohibition. they were the ones that took the initiative to move the federal government towards change. >> you are a supporter, i know, of the decriminalization of marijuana. with your background in law enforcement specifically in narcotics, how did you come to this political point of view? >> well, it didnt happen overnight, but there was one key moment back in 2000,...

Right? do you feel like the comparison with alcohol prohibition is appropriate here? >> absolutely. it is appropriate. it was the states back in 1933 that ended alcohol prohibition. they were the ones that took the initiative to move the federal government towards change. >> you are a supporter, i know, of the decriminalization of marijuana. with your background in law enforcement specifically in narcotics, how did you come to this political point of view? >> well, it didnt happen overnight, but...

Choose which wines and beers and spirits the citizens of the state of utah may purchase. the state government on behalf of its residents tastes wine and decides if it is good enough for utah. whether did the states deal with booze is really weird. i always thought its because we had a long, strange, national failed experiment called prohibition that was not that long ago. when prohibition ended in 1933, americans could legally buy and sell and drink booze for the first time in 13 years. people w...

The state government on behalf of its residents tastes wine and decides if it is good enough for utah. whether did the states deal with booze is really weird. i always thought its because we had a long, strange, national failed experiment called prohibition that was not that long ago. when prohibition ended in 1933, americans could legally buy and sell and drink booze for the first time in 13 years. people were obviously psyched when prohibition ended, but there was a the lot of policy to figure...

The state government on behalf of its residents tastes wine and decides if it is good enough for utah. whether did the states deal with booze is really weird. i always thought its because we had a long, strange, national failed experiment called prohibition that was not that long ago. when prohibition ended in 1933, americans could legally buy and sell and drink booze for the first time in 13 years. people were obviously psyched when prohibition ended, but there was a the lot of policy to figure...

>> they really are. i collect actually magazines. i have several iconic "newsweeks" over the years, over the years. >> good for you, paula. >> founded in 1933, as "newsweek." sold for 10 cents. it is, quote, indispensable complement to newspaper reading because it explains, expands, and clarifies. >> and it doesnt get your fingers dirty. >> wow. there you go. $40 million in annual losses which is why, i guess theyre going online. when we come back, hey, wow, look at that. >> that would have be...