You realize that would guarantee bootlegging, associated violent crime, and tax evasion, right?

You're confusing correlation and causation. The "ills of society" are not -caused- by alcohol, rather the kind of people who cause the ills of society choose to -use- alcohol. If alcohol was a primary driver of behavior, then, given the number of people who consume alcohol, we would have far greater problems than we have. Alcohol can, at worst, be considered a contributing factor to the actions of a minority of people who likely would be causing problems regardless.

The "demon rum" can not actually possess the souls of men.