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Dry Law
(redirected from Prohibition of alcohol)

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Dry Law 

a law prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages. Such laws have been in effect in the USA (1920–33) and several other countries.
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DITKO Sylmar Let the dispensaries flourish Prohibition of alcohol was repealed in 1933 when "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" was written.
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Regulation of American morals by means of legislation proved a failure, most notably with the prohibition of alcohol, and California and nine other states permitted racing with betting in 1933 during the Great Depression, when they needed extra revenue.
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