What a time the 1920’s was, with the party atmosphere it was certainly a time of great criminal activity, with the prohibition laws in America and the world in an economic depression. The people turned more and more to criminal activity, organized criminals such as the American mobsters and European crime syndicates thrived, most common people looked upon these … [Read more...] about Organized Crime in the 1920’s and Prohibition
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Future Generations could inherit Drug and Alcohol Use
Parents who use alcohol, marijuana, and drugs have higher frequencies of children who pick up their habits, according to a study from Sam Houston State University. The study, "Intergenerational Continuity of Substance Use," found that when compared to parents who did not use substances, parents who used alcohol, marijuana, and other illicit drugs were significantly more … [Read more...] about Future Generations could inherit Drug and Alcohol Use
Charles Dean O’Banion, the bootlegger that ruled the Northeast side of Chicago
Born in 1892 and crippled in a childhood accident, Dion O'Banion started as a singer, pick-pocket and jackroller in the Chicago Northside's Little Hell neighborhood. By 1920, he led a gang of burglars, safecrackers and robbers and was allegedly responsible for killing more than 25 people. When Proibition came in, O'Banion became a bootlegger and ruled the Northeast side of … [Read more...] about Charles Dean O’Banion, the bootlegger that ruled the Northeast side of Chicago
