prohibition, n.Trivia

Prohibition was ineffective --- the US annual crime rate escalated as much as 25% upon the enforcement of Prohibition in 1920.

Iceland went through a prohibition beginning in 1915 and ending in 1989 after a referendum vote by the population.

During prohibition, merchants would sell "bricks" of grape concentrate with a label that warned consumers not to mix the concentrate with yeast, water, and sugar and age the mixture for seven days, because "an illegal alcoholic beverage will result".

the U.S. government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition in the 20s and 30s, killing over 10,000 people.

Scotch whisky was the only whisky allowed into the US during prohibition, as it was commonly prescribed as a medicine