Prohibition
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Prohibition is the act or practice of forbidding something by law; when used by itself the term refers to the banning of the manufacture, storage, transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of
A police raid confiscating illegal alcohol, in Elk Lake, Canada, in 1925
The Drunkard's Progress: A lithograph by Nathaniel Currier supporting the temperance movement, January 1846
Confiscated alcohol in Finland c. 1920s
This 1902 illustration from the Hawaiian Gazette shows the Anti-Saloon League and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union's campaign against beer brewers. The "water cure" was a form of torture that was in the news because of its use in the Philippines.
Prohibition in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union existed during 1914–1925. The Russian term is сухой закон.
Prohibition
…1907 to 1992 in the Faroe Islands; limited private imports from Denmark were allowed from 1928 1914 to 1925: Prohibition in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union 1915 to 1935: Prohibition in Iceland (wine legal from 1922, but beer still prohibited until 1989…
Advertising poster of the 1st All-Russian book lottery "Book instead of vodka". Unknown artist, USSR, 1929
Postage stamp of the USSR in 1985, "Sobriety is the norm of life"