A researcher examines the bad press surrounding absinthe which led to its ban in France in 1915, while drawing parallels with more recent, ‘scathing’ examples of scapegoating and social control.
Articles on Prohibition
Displaying all articles
Both Prohibition and current mass deportation efforts were hastily built, staffed by people permitted to use force, and had difficult objectives to achieve.
Alcohol is a window into American history, from 17th-century rum production to young people’s declining interest in drinking today.
The contested origins of the cafe classic stretch back 100 years, to a restaurant in Mexico, on the Fourth of July.
Alcohol and tobacco use carries significant health risks but they’re legalised – so why not cannabis? Despite the concerns, decriminalising cannabis could have public health benefits.
Research shows many smokers regret starting the habit. So why are we repealing the law that would have made smoked tobacco products less addictive?
Considering the limitations of Indonesian law enforcement agencies and prison capacity, the implementation of the bill is not realistic.
President Trump’s law-and-order campaign rhetoric has been compared to Richard Nixon’s and George Wallace’s similar themes in 1968. But such appeals go much further back, to the US in the early 1800s.
The era of Prohibition, which began in 1920 and ended in 1933, left many legacies – more modest drinking was not among them.
A new history book shows how entanglements of race, gender, class and sexuality in South Africa flow from the moral contradictions of the settler colonial state.
Something needed to be done to mask the taste of bootleg alcohol that could include ingredients ranging from dead rats to wood tar.
As cannabis is legalized in Canada and parts of the United States, it’s worth looking back on the public health impact of the repeal of alcohol Prohibition in the U.S.
History has shown that prohibiting popular intoxicants spurs illegal and sometimes excessive use. Ontario municipalities taking up Doug Ford’s offer to ban local retail weed sales should take note.
Canada’s craft beer industry is exploding. But antiquated regulations stemming from the years of the temperance movement is preventing big acquisitions by larger brewers.
The unique role of the temperance movement in US history might explain why, when it comes to Americans’ tastes, bland beer is still king.
There is strong evidence that cannabis is useful for treating a range of conditions. Legalising small-scale cultivation is a start to helping those in need.
The decision to smoke should be left up to people themselves, not the generations that came before them.
Top contributors
-
Associate Professor, Medical History, Department of Health Sciences, Brock University
-
Professor in Criminology, Lancaster University
-
Professor of Economics, State University of New York Oswego
-
Associate Professor of Hospitality Management, Colorado State University
-
Director, Tas Law Reform Institue / Associate Professor, University of Tasmania, University of Tasmania
-
Professor in Criminology, Loughborough University
-
Professor, Food Economics, University of Guelph
-
Associate Professor of Business, Boston University
-
Senior Lecturer in History, University of Waikato
-
William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
-
Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
-
Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
-
J.Y. Pillay Professor of Social Sciences, Yale-NUS College
-
Professor, Dept of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Guelph
-
University of San Diego
