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The 18th Amendment put a national ban on the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol, in place from 1920 to 1933. The Amendment was divided into three sections. The ban was mandated by the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, and the Volstead Act set down the rules for enforcing the ban, as well as defining which "intoxicating liquors" where prohibited. The 18th Amendment had a unique setting a time delay before it would take effect following ratification, and in setting a time limit for its ratification by the states. It was ratification was certified on January 16, 1919. After one year after the ratification it was put into affected. The demand for liquor, and the law resulted in the criminalization of producers, suppliers, transporters and consumers. The police, courts, and prisons were overwhelmed with new cases. The amendment was appealed and replaced by the Twenty- First Amendment. The 18th amendment needed to stay, because of all the drunk driving, and miss use of liquor.