Only thirteen years after Prohibition took effect, the Eighteenth Amendment was repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. This was the first time a constitutional amendment had ever been repealed. Widespread corruption and lawbreaking caused many Americans to believe that the “noble experiment” of Prohibition had failed. In addition, breweries and distilleries promised more jobs for the unemployed during the depths of the Great Depression. Some Americans argue that today’s war on drugs is similar to the Prohibition movement, and with equal success.