AHC: Prohibition in Ontario, 1916-1927, both briefer and more successful?

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"A man gets arrested for possession of alcohol in Toronto in 1916. Prohibition in Ontario wouldn't end until 1927. (John Boyd / Library and Archives Canada)"

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/06/01/90-years-ago-alcohol-sales-resumed-in-toronto.html

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Well, Holy Cow, I didn't know there was Prohibition in Ontario, Canada! But apparently, there was.

And, more successful? Any way you care to define it. ;)

But perhaps one way might be that it anticipates some of the modern thinking on addiction. Maybe even does it one better in realizing the futility of preaching a negative and telling people not to think about a particular topic, and just maybe zen alternatives?
 
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youtube: Randy Hillier marks the 85th Anniversary of the Repeal of Prohibition in Ontario

This ol' boy is talking about some referendum in 1924. But per the above news article, Prohibition didn't officially end till June 1, 1927.
 
And, more successful? Any way you care to define it. ;)
Well, in that case, I would argue it was successful. Prohibition wasn't so much repealed as it was loosened; when alcohol was made legal again, it was done so with the establishment of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, which strictly regulates the licensing and sale of alcohol. To this day, Ontario really only sells alcohol in two locations: the LCBO storefronts (for spirits and wine), and The Beer Store (…beer).
 
Well, in that case, I would argue it was successful. Prohibition wasn't so much repealed as it was loosened; when alcohol was made legal again, it was done so with the establishment of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, which strictly regulates the licensing and sale of alcohol. To this day, Ontario really only sells alcohol in two locations: the LCBO storefronts (for spirits and wine), and The Beer Store (…beer).

Bootleggers aside, I was forced, the other day, while innocently shopping for my daily bread, to taste among samples of wine and cider. I chose the Cardonnay. It was pedestrian plonk. Naturally, there were also restaurants and taverns which sold in a glass, with their own regulations. I do recall drinking every day of the week used to cause problems with the Sunday Blue Laws.
 
If they'd simply banned liquor and fortified wine, it might have lasted both longer and been less controversial.

Beer and liquor were industries in Toronto, and, during prohibition, Gooderhams shipped their hootch to Montreal, from where it returned bootleg to Ontario, business as usual. Now, the Distillery District is somewhat of a heritage site. The lesson has been learned.

On a related topic, Canadian whiskey is often called Rye. It is never rye, but could have rye flavoring added in small amounts, if it says so on the label.
 
I remember at a restaurant in a U.S. state, the server had to bring the drink out to the outside tables in front. The customer could not get the drink at the bar and carry it out themselves.

And this is the way most alcohol laws are, the illusion of control and general dumbassery. As an example of an actual useful law which might prevent some cases of drunk driving, how about a law which require bars to allow patrons to leave their cars there for at least 24 hours?
 
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There was no prohibition in Saint Pierre and Miquelon, a French territory off the Burin peninsula of Newfoundland. It was a happy and prosperous time. Marijuana became illegal in Canada in 1923, and the prohibition lasted longer. Legal weed in Canada now costs the same as what you buy from school children, but the government charges sales tax and shipping, and licensing requires some inconvenience. For those who are ill, and dying, and want pot, it is very inconvenient.
 
Legal weed in Canada now costs the same as what you buy from school children, but the government charges sales tax and shipping, and licensing requires some inconvenience. For those who are ill, and dying, and want pot, it is very inconvenient.

And just for the record, RECREATIONAL weed in Canada is still illegal, with large-scale enforcement of the law as recently as a few months back.

(I realize you likely know that, but the phrase "legal weed" might have been misleading for non-Canadians, and I'm getting a little tired of the media giving unwarranted kudos to Justin Trudeau, by making it sound as if recreational weed has already been legalized.)
 
And just for the record, RECREATIONAL weed in Canada is still illegal, with large-scale enforcement of the law as recently as a few months back.

(I realize you likely know that, but the phrase "legal weed" might have been misleading for non-Canadians, and I'm getting a little tired of the media giving unwarranted kudos to Justin Trudeau, by making it sound as if recreational weed has already been legalized.)

It was back in the late '60s that I had Gerald LeDain in my car. He was head of a commission investigating decriminalization of Marijuana, and the commission found no reason not to do so. The findings remained moot, since no action resulted. In the late '70s, I was driving into a BC mountain campground in a ubiquitous VW camper, when a Mountie pulled us over. Upon opening the window, he inquired about the cloud of smoke, and directed me to destroy my remaining 2 joints. Thereupon, he gave me some advice that has endured the test of time. He said ventilation was very important. Lately, the legal status of pot, and the pending legal status is open to conjecture and is highly misleading indeed, but one does detect a relaxing of legal restrictions, but with impending taxation. Fifty years may be enough time to gestate the findings of the Le Dain Commission, and make a few bucks too.
 
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