This is seen throughout the novel in obvious ways, but also hinted at in smaller ways. James Gatz became the wealthy and well-known Jay Gatsby, but no one knows for sure how he got to that wealth. Tom Buchanan makes some accusations about Gatsby and how he assumes he obtained his wealth. He says, "He and this Wolfsheim bought up a lot of drug stores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter. That's one of his little stunts. I took him for a bootlegger the first time I saw him, and I wasn't wrong” (F. Scott Fitzgerald, ch. 7). “Prohibition made alcohol illegal, but it didn't eliminate it. Illegal producers known as moonshiners sold their illegal product to illegal distributors known as bootleggers, who they in turn sold it to illegal retail establishments known as speakeasies” (Mark Thornton). There was a chain of different ways in which a person could obtain alcohol and then get away with drinking it or even selling it Police officers could easily be bribed to let people out who were producing alcohol illegally. Some doctors were even against the ban. They prescribed alcohol to their patients as medical liquor, then pharmacies dispensed these prescriptions as if they were legitimate. We can only guess, as it is not directly stated in the novel, but this is why Gatsby and Wolfsheim owned pharmacies, and this is how Gatsby made his fortune (Mark Thornton). Gatsby never denies these accusations made by Tom, which makes it seem like they are