Have you ever wondered how to kill someone with poison? Well, there is a book called The Poisoner’s Handbook written by Deborah Blum. The title is exactly what the book is about. The genre of the book is murder mystery, science and true crime. The main characters in the book are Dr.Norris and Dr.Gettler. It is harder to kill someone with poison, then it is to kill someone by a gun or a knife. It would have taken the police and forensic science workers so much time to figure out how the murderer killed the victim. Today you will know the effects of prohibition and you will also know if it was passed and if it was successful. The theme of the book was if someone wants something they will do everything in their power to get it. The scientists were presented with many complex poison murders, and they spent countless days and hours trying to solve them and improve their methods to finding poisons in the corpses. …show more content…
During prohibition alcohol was banned. It was banned in a positive way. It reduced abuse to women and children. It was the solution to the world's poverty,crime and violence. It was a law by the 21st Amendment. Not only prohibition failed to prevent the consumption of alcohol it led to the development of organized crime. Alcohol did not have taxes but it has massive political corruption. Alcohol continued to run like water through the big cities and gangsters. Prohibition failed because now you can buy alcohol at 21 years old in the U.S.A. Drug stores continued to sell alcohol as