ALEXANDRIA, VA – January 16, 2009, marks the 90th anniversary of the 18th Amendment which created a federal one size fits all regulatory regime towards alcohol in the United States. For 13 years during Prohibition, before the states ratified the 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution that established today’s successful and effective system of state-based alcohol regulation, it was illegal to manufacture, purchase or consume alcohol in the United States. However, the one-size-fits-all approach to alcohol regulation of the 18th Amendment not only failed to curb alcohol consumption, it...