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Webb-Kenyon Act  

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  • The prohibitionist movement's most significant legislation before national prohibition was the 1913 Webb-Kenyon Act. The passage of the Webb-Kenyon Act marked the political maturation of the prohibition movement and set the course for national prohibition. [Source: Encyclopedia of Drug Policy; Webb-Kenyon Act]

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