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Prohibition Debate Highlights Mental Health Rise in New York
Dr. Charles L. Dana cites New York State Hospital Commission data showing an uptick in mental disease since 1917 with insanity rates per 100000 rising from 69 to 71 after Prohibition. Samuel Hartt Church criticizes Prohibition as a taxless, unregulated engine of vice fueling crime and corruption.
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Charles L. Dana
Cornell Medical College
New York ‘‘Times
New York State
State Hospital Commission
Times
Samuel Hgrtth Church
Carnegie Institute