prohibition
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Prohibition was a legal ban on the production, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages that was enforced in various places during the early 20th century, as shown by this 1925 police raid in Ontario, Canada. It matters because it represents a significant historical attempt at social reform through law that had widespread effects on society, commerce, and law enforcement.
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- History
- Effects
- Prohibition worldwide
- Africa
- Nigeria
- South Africa
- South Asia
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- India
- Maldives
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka
- West Asia
- Iran
- Kuwait
- Saudi Arabia
- Yemen
- Southeast Asia
- Brunei
- Indonesia
- Korea
- Malaysia
- Philippines
- Thailand
- Europe
- Czech Republic
- Russian Empire and the Soviet Union
- United Kingdom
- North America
- Canada
- Mexico
- United States
- South America
- Venezuela
- Oceania
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Elections
- See also
- Notes
- Further reading
thumb|upright=1.35|A police raid confiscating illegal alcohol, in James, Ontario|Elk Lake, Canada, in 1925
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 (whether in barrels or in bottles), transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic beverages. The word is also used to refer to a period of time during which such bans are enforced.