Three years later, the Smoking Opium Exclusion Act – America's first stab at drug prohibition – banned the importation of opiates that were to be used purely for recreational use, though it's unclear if this was really a measure to curb drug use or simply anti-Chinese legislation.
Morgan revealed that two teachers in the city had received interim prohibition orders – banning them from classrooms – as part of a disciplinary process.
In 1947, Austria adopted the Verbotsgesetz — or "Prohibition Act" — banning the Nazi Party and criminalizing the celebration, promotion, or adulation of Nazi ideology; in the 1990s, it was amended to prohibit Holocaust denial.
Restaurant bosses withdrew the lamb dish from the whole chain of Blanc Brasseries the day after they were served with a prohibition notice banning the sale of the liver on 9 August.
In 1961, Parliament passed the Dowry Prohibition Act, banning the payment of dowries as a condition for marriage.
Lawyers and jurists are now debating how to balance the constitutional prohibition on banning political parties against a criminal-code provision that bars from elected office any individuals convicted of flagrant crimes.
A couple of hours across the island, there is another new distillery opening up, this time in an estate that dates back even further than the prohibition ban.
Specific problems can often be redressed by market incentives to alter behaviour (paying a fee for returning used bottles) or, when the effect is more serious, by outright prohibition (bans on child labour or on dangerous chemical fertilizers).
Options in between could include a ban until further studies are done; rules so tough they amount to a de facto prohibition; bans in parts of the state, like those close to water supplies; regulations that would keep out all but the most responsible companies; and allowing drilling to resume with a pilot program in an area with a history of drilling.
The plan unveiled Thursday is not so severe; it maintains the odd-even restrictions but adds a new prohibition that bans driving on days that match the last number on a motorist's license plate.
