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August 27, 2026
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National Prohibition was a coalition-built institutional pathProhibition expanded federal criminal-justice capacityRepeal required a second organized constitutional coalitionBehavioral effects and institutional success are separate questionsMedicinal-whiskey rules created a diversion infrastructureProhibition bootlegging combined law, logistics, and corruptionProhibition crime shifted from legal entrepreneurs to violent syndicatesThe saloon was social infrastructureOwner
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Approved controlled term. Use the properties and boundaries below to preserve precise retrieval.
Definition
Local, state, and federal alcohol prohibition and the industrial, cultural, and market disruptions associated with it.
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Use for temperance-era shutdown, legal prohibition, relocation, inventory loss, illicit continuity, and repeal. Apply more precise event or legal tags when available.
Boundary examples
- Included: A distillery closes or changes operation under prohibition.
- Excluded: A present-day dry-county visitor rule without historical prohibition context.
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Created during the full-source processing of Love & Whiskey on 2026-08-27. Reevaluate only when corpus-wide use reveals an overlap, ambiguity, or missing narrower term.