Term (Latin prohibere = to prevent) for prohibition or prevention, which can refer to many different things. In most cases, this refers to stimulants such as drugs, alcohol, tobacco or similar. As a rule, it is understood to mean a ban in various forms on the production, import, export, transport, purchase, possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages for social, religious, moral, ethical or health reasons.
The Drunkard's Progress: A warning poster from the Temperance Movement from 1846. This cartoon drastically illustrates in nine stages that even an initially moderate consumption of alcohol(1 = a glass with a friend) ultimately leads to alcoholism, crime and death(9 = death by suicide).
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