Odd that, on the graph in the link, one of the spikes in deaths seems to come immediately after an increase in consumption, but the next, bigger spike in deaths from ALD comes BEFORE a similarly large increase in consumption.

I'm suspicious, mostly because it goes against the conventional wisdom that alcohol consumption increased during prohibition.

Hardly unbiased sources, but....

http://www.druglibrary.org/prohibitionresults1.htm http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/History/e1920/chicagodea...