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Studies of Drugs and Drug Policy| |Marihuana, A Signal of
Misunderstanding - Table of Contents| National Commission on
Marihuana and Drug Abuse History of Alcohol Prohibition* *This
section is based in large part on a paper prepared for the
Commission by Jane Lang McGrew, an attorney from Washington,
D.C. In 1920, the national policy of Prohibition began. The 18th
Amendment to the Constitution had been officially ratified: It
sought, by law, to make the whole Nation into enforced
teetotalers and to put an end to all evils associated with
drinking. It sought to eradicate a taste deeply rooted in the
habits and customs of a large part of the population through
outlawing the business that ministered to its satisfaction (Hu,
1950: 48). 1650-1750: THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS In fact, it
started earlier. "Ministers shall not give themselves to excess
in drinkinge, or riott, or spending their tyme ide