| − | '''Prohibition''', in law, refers to any body of law having the effect of prohibiting or controlling the consumption of any particular substance. The usual application of the term is to the prohibition of the manufacture, sale, transport, import, export, and/or consumption of [[alcoholic drink]]s in any given nation-state. | + | '''Prohibition''', in law, refers to any body of law having the effect of prohibiting or controlling the consumption of any particular substance. It usually means the prohibition of the manufacture, sale, transport, and import of [[alcoholic drink]]s. Prohibition laws rarely made drinking a crime, just the manufacture or selling of liquor. |