DBWI no prohibition in soviet union

When the bolshivics gained power after the revolution they imposed a prohibition on alcohol in the soviet union. This prohibition imposed by lenin would continue onwards through the entire history of the soviet union and would be imposed by force on Warsaw pact nations.

With the soviet unions fall prohibition ended.

But what if they didn't ban all alcoholic drinks? How would that have changed the second world war, the cold war and history in general?
 
Authentic vodka probably wouldn’t be such a cottage industry for one, and people wouldn’t be swearing that the best vodka comes from Poland and Germany. The prohibition went about as well as it could in the USSR but the rest of the Iron Curtain didn’t give a shit for it.
 
According to some legends at least half of the protests and riots that afflicted East Germany were caused by the lack of beer
For some reason i believe them
 
Would Stalin's career have gone further?
It was cut short when it was found out he wasn't only connected to the Moscow bootlegging operation he was running it and using the profits to further his own political agenda.
 
Maybe the focus of the Soviet black market would be in marijuana and other recreational drugs instead of alcohol? The flip side is a drop in Soviet hydroponic expertise, even Disney hired their experts after the wall came down in the late 90s...
 
Might this have butterflied away the “War on Drugs”? The whole reason marijuana use was made a felony down there was because it was seen as a sign of Communist sympathies.

Conversely, might Prohibition have never been repealed?
 
Might this have butterflied away the “War on Drugs”? The whole reason marijuana use was made a felony down there was because it was seen as a sign of Communist sympathies.

Conversely, might Prohibition have never been repealed?

MJ was officially only allowed by the soviet union as a medicinal drug its true that soviet doctors could be easily bribed into giving people subscriptions for the most trivial reasons but officially it was just medicine.

The war on drugs was more likely motivated by prohibition supporters who needed to trade targets fast or get hit hard by the red scare. That said I don't think alcohol would have the kind of social acceptance and associated with patriotism it has in eastern Europe.


Would Stalin's career have gone further?
It was cut short when it was found out he wasn't only connected to the Moscow bootlegging operation he was running it and using the profits to further his own political agenda.

hey you dated a polish girl you can explain it better then I can.
 
Booze in the West wouldn't have attained the prestige that it did as a sign of fidelity to democratic values, and there wouldn't be anywhere near the same taboo on teetotaling. The Mormon Church, for example, wouldn't have gotten that convenient revelation from God telling them to abandon the prohibition of alcohol in the 1950s.
 
Booze in the West wouldn't have attained the prestige that it did as a sign of fidelity to democratic values, and there wouldn't be anywhere near the same taboo on teetotaling. The Mormon Church, for example, wouldn't have gotten that convenient revelation from God telling them to abandon the prohibition of alcohol in the 1950s.

Well Utah is now home to more bourbon distilleries than any other state save Kentucky and their liquor production exceeds almost any two states in the Union combined even if consumption per capita is consistently the lowest
 
Without the soviet example, chances are the US's left doesn't go prohibitionist. How many years has it been since alcohol's been re-banned in new england, again?
 
Finland would be far better off than OTL. While Finland prospered immensely from the income from its massive alcohol bootlegging industry in the early years, the country fell victim to organized crime-related violence and political instability in the second half of the 20th century, not to mention a couple instances of Russian military intervention, and still suffers from its reputation as a crime haven.
 
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