Lost in the celebration of those halcyon Charleston days is that the era spanning 1920 (when the 18th Amendment became law) to 1934 (when the amendment was repealed) was marked by raging culture wars, rampant xenophobia, political upheaval, and threats of death or worse that came more often via poisonous industrial-strength alcohol masquerading as low-grade liquor than the rat-a-tat-tat of a Tommy gun.
Researchers also found that high school and college students who mix their alcohol with energy drinks fail to appreciate the strength of the caffeinated combo and underestimate how drunk they really are.