Russell Brand

We all need something to help us unwind at the end of the day. You might have a glass of wine, or a joint, or a big delicious blob of heroin to silence your silly brainbox of its wittering, but there has to be some form of punctuation, or life just seems  utterly relentless.

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For your Bucket List

If you are in Texas, be sure to visit Clear Creek Winery in Kemah where Mrs. McCartney's Wines are created. Ask for David Skinner, or if he is not there, ask for Mechelle Weems, who is an expert on all things wine-isn. Have a glass of one of my delightful fruit wines. They make lovely cocktails too. Just the thing for a hot summer day,.

More on prohibition

Breweries, distilleries and wineries were forced to shutter themselves, damaging an emerging market. But prohibition proved impossible to enforce. Americans continued to consume alcohol, smuggled in illegally from neighboring countries, or produced illegally within US borders. Speakeasies flourished. There were more speakeasies during prohibition than there were legitimate bars before the 18th Amendment went into effect.