Editing Drug prohibition (section)

====Alcohol prohibition====
{{Main|Prohibition}}
The prohibition of alcohol commenced in Finland in 1919 and in the United States in 1920. Because alcohol was the most popular recreational drug in these countries, reactions to its prohibition were far more negative than to the prohibition of other drugs, which were commonly associated with ethnic minorities, prostitution, and vice. Public pressure led to the repeal of alcohol prohibition in Finland in 1932, and in the United States in 1933. Residents of many provinces of [[Prohibition in Canada|Canada]] also experienced alcohol prohibition for similar periods in the first half of the 20th century.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/prohibition-alcohol-interdict prohibition,alcohol interdict]</ref>

In Sweden, [[1922 Swedish prohibition referendum|a referendum]] in 1922 decided against an alcohol prohibition law (with 51% of the votes against and 49% for prohibition), but starting in 1914 (nationwide from 1917) and until 1955 Sweden employed an alcohol rationing system with personal liquor ration books ("[[motbok]]").