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Prohibition
Prohibition in Other Countries (other than the U.S.)
Introduction to Prohibition
At this point in history, most Protestant nations had come to regard drinking as a social evil, and the Prohibition movement was being accelerated by the circumstances of World War I. While rallying British workers to increase their productivity in support of the war effort, Prime Minister David Lloyd George stated that “we are fighting Germany, Austria, and drink; and, as far as I can see, the greatest of these three deadly foes is drink.” Soon the British government limited the sale of alcoholic drink to a few early evening hours. In Scotland, the citizens of towns and villages had the right (local option) to vote out drinking establishments after 1920. In Sweden, where the movement had been strong since the 1830s, the government abolished both the profit motive and the competition from the liquor traffic after 1922 by nationalizing it. An even harsher measure there restricted sales to 1 liter (about 1 qt) per family per week. In Norway, voters outlawed the sale of drinks with an alcoholic content of more than 12 percent by referendum in 1919. That same year the Finnish government banned the sale of any drink of more than 2 percent alcohol. Canada was then dry in all provinces.” (1)
Resources
Notes and References
- Information about Prohibition in the Encarta Online Encyclopedia
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