A Boring Dystopia

leading me to a conclusion that we as a society wouldn't just give up alcohol for a decade, bootlegging was almost certainly not sensationalized.

Today's equivalent is the War on Drugs and while there's a ton of hysteria and sensational coverage as well, it can't be denied that drugs are HUGE business. Huge profit margins on cheap to produce, addictive products, with government enforcing strict restrictions on supply? It's the same thing all over again.

We will study the meth epidemic in 100 years and say "how did the government decide this situation was better than the public having access to clean, legal prescription amphetamines?"