alcohol prohibition
Booze ban era
Alcohol prohibition is the legal banning of alcoholic beverages—their manufacture, sale, and sometimes possession.
The term most often refers to the period in American history from 1920 to 1933 when the Eighteenth Amendment outlawed alcohol nationwide: Prohibition gave rise to speakeasies and bootleggers.
Other countries have enacted similar bans, often for religious reasons.
The word prohibition alone, capitalized, typically means this American era.
- 18th AmendmentConstitutional liquor ban
- organized crimeStructured illegal enterprise
- dry countiesAreas banning alcohol sales
- noble experiment1920s liquor ban
- bootleggingIllegal alcohol production/sale
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- Religious Abstinenceabstinence, Lent, Ramadan, celibacy, chastity
- religious dietshalal, dietary laws, no pork, halal meat, kosher wine
- Malaysian lawHigh Court, Islamic courts, civil court, high court, judiciary
- halalhalal, halal meat, halal chicken, halal beef, halal products
- religious dietvegetarianism, lacto-vegetarian, no meat, meatless, religious fasting
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Social norms around alcohol
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