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Topic: prohibition
Definition:

  • a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
  • "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US" a decree that prohibits something the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment refusal to approve or assent to the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
  • "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"
  • "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"
  • "he ignored his parents' forbiddance"

    Related tag cloud:

  • marijuana
  • legalize
  • cannabis
  • pot
  • legalization
  • hemp
  • drug war
  • war on drugs
  • drugs
  • law
  • weed
  • medical marijuana
  • reform
  • decriminalization
  • 420
  • drug policy
  • decriminalize
  • freedom
  • harm reduction
  • drug
  • crime
    • Resources:

    Prohibition Party
    Founded in 1869 to advocate temperance and legislation banning the production and sale of alcoholic beverages.
    http://www.prohibition.org/

    Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
    Focuses on the Chemical Weapons Convention with a decent archive of chemical agent information, as well as links to other sites.
    http://www.opcw.org

    Cato Institute
    Thousands of economic studies and articles available online, as well as streaming audio and video of institute events. Site updated daily.
    http://www.cato.org/