Sentences with phrase «of alcohol prohibition»

The days of alcohol prohibition have become wrongly romanticized in movies and books but the reality of the times was perilous.

They were not around during the time of alcohol prohibition but at least they may have been told the truth of those days first hand by their parents.

The era of alcohol prohibition is now a couple of generations behind us and the great tragedies of those days are not in the realm of memory for the 30 - and 40 - somethings who seem to be running things in our society today.

In the mid 1930s, after the end of alcohol prohibition, Harry Anslinger, former assistant commissioner at the Bureau of Prohibition, was settling into his exciting new job as head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and working on his next campaign.

Maybe the tide is finally turning like it did at the end of alcohol prohibition.

Legalization would lead to an immediate decrease in murders, burglaries and robberies, paralleling the end of alcohol prohibition in 1933.

Not exact matches

The hotel reportedly offered a private room where guests could drink alcohol during Prohibition, according to Historic Hotels of America.

Though prohibition was repealed in 1933, stringent laws relating to the purchase and distribution of alcohol were kept on the books for decades and are still lingering to this day.

«Marijuana prohibition has been an abject failure, and Alaska voters said enough is enough,» said Chris Rempert, political director of the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol, in a statement.

Old Taylor survived Prohibition (it was acquired by National Distillers, a forerunner of Beam Inc., in 1935); it also survived World War II, when liquor production was completely shut down so that distilleries could make industrial - grade alcohol for the military.

FinTech Forum co-founder Frank Schwab says bans will come unstuck technically and behaviorally, much like prohibition of alcohol in the 1920s in the US.

Legislation without shared social mores will be no more successful than was the prohibition of alcohol.

Prohibition of any kind (alcohol, drugs) is already proven to be ineffective!

The practice's illegality, like that of drinking alcohol during Prohibition, was thought to reflect merely unenlightened prejudice or religious conviction, the two being regarded as much the same.

Evangelicals played a leading role in the banning of alcohol in the United States during the Prohibition era.

Prohibition in the 1920s did little to curb the desire for alcohol and increased the power of organized crime mobs that specialized in the illegal production and sale of alcoholic beverages.

We know that banning a favorite vice can have this effect; the prohibition of alcohol, for example, can give drunkenness a certain glamour.

According to Jellinek, this drop was the result of the greater inaccessibility of liquor during the years 1915 - 19 during which more and more states introduced prohibition, and the per capita rate of alcohol consumption dropped by twenty - two percent compared with the period 1910 - 14.

The problem is that when something is tabooed it causes more social harm and evil than good — similar to the Prohibition era when the sale of alcohol was dragged underground and caused an outbreak of organised crime.

«During the alcohol prohibition, today's wide variety of cocktails were born to hide the bite of moonshine, but ultimately enriched our relaxed drinking experience.

Prohibition in the United States changed the course of business for many alcohol - based operations across the country.

The most drastic local law is that of outright prohibition — many states have «local option» alcohol laws that give counties or municipalities the right to authorize or prohibit alcoholic beverages.

Defendant Bulliard, concededly, has a perfect right, so far as plaintiff is concerned, to make sauce in accordance with the patent, but he does not pretend to be doing so, and, in fact, since the adoption of the National Prohibition Amendment to the Constitution and the passage of an enforcement statute by Congress, he may not do so, as the patented process provided for a mixture of alcohol as well as vinegar with the pepper pulp.

A major concern is enforcement of the state law prohibiting tobacco and alcohol use on school property, according to school board member Nancy Binion, who said parents attending events sponsored by youth athletic associations often violate that prohibition.

Magor Brewery, which employs over 400 people, has produced over three million tonnes of Budweiser Prohibition since the alcohol - free beer's launch last October.

OTOH, the Big Countries on the block sometimes have the power to stop other countries from having nukes - and note that they are not usually successful because they don't have THAT much power (witness Iran - despite all the posturing, the effective rate of success of everyone else in stopping - or even slowing down - their nuclear program is slightly below that of stopping Russians from drinking alcohol during their Prohibition in 1980s).

And, when prohibition ended, the regulation of alcohol, tainted by its prohibition history, was not seen as something in the same category of the technocratic health regulation of food and drugs.

Would like to see an answer that brings up the historic use of drugs, the opium wars, the alcohol prohibition in the U.S and the subsequent criminalization of marijuana.

As the US alcohol prohibition in the 20s or the current world - wide drug prohibition proves, banning any kind of intoxicant does not work very well in practice.

Saying that the prohibition on the sale of alcohol before noon on Sundays is a government overreach.

It hasn't reduced substance abuse, but rather has created a culture of violence fueled by profits from the drug trade, similar to the crime wave that accompanied the prohibition of alcohol in the 1920's.

Town of Neversink propositions: Soon after Prohibition ended, the Sullivan County town prohibited the sale of alcohol after the construction of a new reservoir brought in large numbers of temporary workers.

It avoided the questions of constitutionality of regulating intrastate commerce (as - is, federal law would have had constitutional difficulties with alcohol bans in - state in the states that didn't pass state prohibition laws)

If alcohol - based businesses were blamed for a breakdown of society in the Prohibition era and beyond, breweries are now being seen as a force for good.

Another Conservative MP backing the move, Michael Fabricant, said: «There can be no doubt that just as prohibition on the sale of alcohol failed in the United States and encouraged gangsterism, the banning of drugs has promoted a wicked and lucrative black market.

Alcohol Business Gov. Cuomo is backing an overhaul of the state's liquor control laws that date back to the days of prohibition as one of his top priorities.

Alcohol was banned for much of the 1920s during a period known as Prohibition, but that didn't keep the booze from flowing.

Cut short with five seasons due to budget reasons, this 1920's tale of prohibition - era gangsters who ruled the boardwalks, brothels, and boulevards with their grip on the black market alcohol trade will be dearly missed.

According to a 2015 survey [PDF] by the National Center for Transgender Equality, 77 percent of transgender youth were mistreated at school (ranging from verbal harassment to prohibitions on dressing according to gender identity to physical or sexual assault); according to the Human Rights Campaign, transgender youth are twice as likely to experiment with drugs and alcohol [PDF] as straight, cisgender peers.

(b) For purposes of this subpart, a verified positive DOT drug test result, a DOT alcohol test with a result indicating an alcohol concentration of 0.04 or greater, a refusal to test (including by adulterating or substituting a urine specimen) or any other violation of the prohibition on the use of alcohol or drugs under a DOT agency regulation constitutes a DOT drug and alcohol regulation violation.

(e) This section's prohibition on using the services of a service agent concerning which the Director has issued a PIE applies to employers in all industries subject to DOT drug and alcohol testing regulations.

The fact that the United States passed Prohibition laws in 1920, banning the sale of alcohol, didn't hurt the migration to Paris either.

Secondly, there are many things your underage children are prohibited from: contributing to RRSPs, voting, joining the military, purchasing tobacco & alcohol, working beyond a certain number of hours in a week, and many more similar prohibitions.

The Drake Hotel boasts a variety of historic dining establishments, including Coq D'Or, one of the first establishments in Chicago to serve alcohol after the repeal of Prohibition, and the Palm Court, where a traditional English Afternoon Tea is served daily, which Queen Elizabeth II enjoyed in 1958.

During Prohibition, Windsor was part of the alcohol smuggling pipeline because of its proximity to Detroit, which is right across the Detroit River.

A Golden Wake in development by Grundislav Games is a new adventure game which explores the 1920s and the prospect of prohibition (the banning of alcohol) in the USA.

North Carolina law has three prohibitions on minors and alcohol: supplying to, possession of and buying.

In the course of this violation ticket investigation the officer detected alcohol and thus read Client X a Notice of Driving Prohibition and had Client X's car impounded.

The police officer later filed a SWORN police report with RoadsafetyBC in support of an IRP driving prohibition for 90 days which indicated that a smell of alcohol was noted on BF's breath who according to the officer denied having been the driver and then thereafter repeatedly lied to the police about the accident.

Essentially the argument presented suggested that the relevant provisions of the Motor Vehicle Act governing IRP driving prohibitions incorporates the Criminal Code requirement of an officer having to possess a «reasonable suspicion» that a driver has alcohol in his body BEFORE that officer can issue a LEGAL demand for breath samples from that driver.