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You are correct, technically Prohibition worked, but its one of those "at what cost" scenarios. The absolute explosion in organized crime that came with it along with the associated cost of enforcement for fighting alcohol consumption makes the argument for a different approach.
I won't downvote you because what you said is true, its just that the negative association of the explosion of crime and government overreach into peoples' lives gives people a kneejerk reaction to the statement.
People often don't think of WHY the prohibition movement was so popular that it could get an amendment passed, but alcoholism at that time was so much more severe than we can even fathom today. Their approach was wrong, but they had legitimate grievance.