Prohibition (disambiguation)

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Prohibition refers to the act of prohibiting a certain substance or act.

Prohibition may refer to:

• Prohibition of alcohol — periods in several countries during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted or illegal
  • Prohibition in the United States
  • Prohibition in Canada
• Prohibition of drugs
  • War on Drugs — an initiative undertaken by the United States to carry out an "all-out offensive" (as President Nixon described it) against the possession of certain drugs by moving them into the purview of the black market
• Prohibition sign ("no" symbol) — a red circle with a diagonal line through it (running from top left to bottom right), covering a pictogram to indicate something is not permitted
• Prohibition (miniseries) — A Ken Burns documentary on the American temperance movement and prohibition
• Writ of prohibition — in the United States, is an official legal document drafted and issued by a supreme court or superior court to a judge presiding over a suit in an inferior court. The writ of prohibition mandates the inferior court to cease any action over the case because it may not fall within that inferior court's jurisdiction
• In the Quran, sura 66, At-Tahrim, is generally translated as "Prohibition".