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... > social science subjects > sociology > social problems > drugs and society > drug policy > drug laws and policies > Eighteenth Amendment
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > deviance > drugs and society > drug policy > drug laws and policies > Eighteenth Amendment
... > social science subjects > sociology > social problems > deviance > drugs and society > drug policy > drug laws and policies > Eighteenth Amendment

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Eighteenth Amendment  

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  • Driven by the ideals of Progressives and the morality-infused politics of the late 19th and early 20th centuries' social movements, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), the Anti-Saloon League, and the Prohibition Party advocated for America's version of alcohol prohibition to be codified in the form of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol: Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives; Eighteenth Amendment]

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