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The world's largest experiment in proving that telling people no makes them thirstier.
means A legal ban on something, most famously the 1920-1933 U.S. outlaw of making, selling, or transporting alcohol.
from From Latin prohibere, to hold back or restrain — pro (forward) plus habere (to hold), literally a hand held up against you.
Gangster giftCreated Al Capone's empire and modern organized crime.
Constitutional U-turnOnly amendment ever fully repealed by another.
Speakeasy boomNew York's illegal bars outnumbered its legal ones before.
Deadly cureGovernment-poisoned industrial alcohol killed thousands of drinkers.