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  2. List of countries with alcohol prohibition - Wikipedia

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    Hungarian Soviet Republic – March 21 – August 1, 1919 – Sale and consumption of alcohol was prohibited [47] (partial ban from July 23). [48] Iceland – 1915–1935 (see prohibition in Iceland) – However beer with an alcohol content exceeding 2.25% was prohibited until 1989. [citation needed]

  3. Alcoholism in Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Alcohol abuse is a problem in Ireland, with Ireland having the 17th highest rate of pure alcohol consumption in Europe. [5] Alcohol abuse creates extensive problems on the Irish medical services, and alcoholism is implicated in at least three deaths a day in Ireland. [2] The reasons for excessive alcohol consumption in Ireland are varied.

  4. Good Friday closure controversy - Wikipedia

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    Until 2018, pubs in Ireland were normally not permitted to open on either Good Friday or Christmas Day. [2] This law, dating from 1927, also originally included Saint Patrick's Day, though that prohibition was later repealed. [3] Drinkers often dodge the law by taking to trains, upon which alcohol is allowed, and having their parties there. [4]

  5. Factbox-Countries' guidance on alcohol consumption

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    Here are some guidelines and recommendations by governments on alcohol consumption: BRITAIN. ... IRELAND. Under new rules coming into force next year, all alcohol products sold in Ireland face a ...

  6. Prohibition - Wikipedia

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    A police raid confiscating illegal alcohol, in Elk Lake, Canada, in 1925. Prohibition is the act or practice of forbidding something by law; more particularly the term refers to the banning of the manufacture, storage (whether in barrels or in bottles), transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic beverages.

  7. America banned the sale of alcohol in the early 1900s. Here's ...

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    The amendment banned production, sale and transportation of liquor; but consumption was allowed. One year after ratification, on January 17, 1920, Prohibition began.

  8. Prohibition began 100 years ago, and its legacy remains - AOL

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    The Prohibition Era, which lasted from Jan. 17, 1920, until December 1933, is now viewed as a failed experiment that glamorized illegal drinking, but there are several intriguing parallels in ...

  9. Consequences of Prohibition - Wikipedia

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    The 18th amendment went into effect on January 16, 1920, prohibiting all commercial use of alcohol. [1] Alcohol had long been a source of contention in the United States, the temperance movement having started in the early 1800s. The temperance movement was founded upon the principles that alcohol was inherently evil and led its consumers to ...