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Dry Towns
editI live in a "dry" town in Louisiana. They sell beer, but no other alcoholic beverages. Can someone explain that one for me. I always assumed that dry ment none.
- It's a grey area. Some places pressed for full banning of anything even close to alcoholic, while others for banning of only strong liquor (wine, spirits, whiskey, etc.). The official rules were a bit clearer than that, but I forget what they said at the moment... Master Thief Garrett 06:52, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Mafia lobby
editIs idea that prohibition laws were caused by Mafia lobby considered not neutral point of view?
- Unless there is a source for the information, it'd be considered original research. The conventional view is that the Mafia became a powerful force in the U.S. as a result of Prohibition. I've never heard of anyone saying that they helped pass it. But if you have a source that says so, then I'm sure we can add a note about it. Thanks, -Willmcw 17:12, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)
Prank
editSomeone changed the word "prohibition" to "prohibishon" in this article.—preceding unsigned comment by 67.98.18.66 (talk • contribs) 01:57, 6 December 2005 (UTC+11 hours)
Six Million Dollars
editSays the article: "It had been estimated that six million dollars would be needed to enforce prohibition laws" I'm guessing that that's $6M of the time - but I don't like having to guess, and I don't know for sure. Any chance of someone who does know either changing that to $USxx million 200x or $US6 million at 19xx rates.
legal term ignored
editThe legal term prohibition is ignored in this article. It should likely have it's own page. See Canadian administrative law section on sources of law. http://en.m.wiki.x.io/wiki/Canadian_administrative_law — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.141.52.159 (talk • contribs) 11:59, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
- Do the links at the very top of the article not point to any of that? --jpgordon𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇 15:33, 28 May 2023 (UTC)