The prohibition of Doburoku had been strongly refuted as an intervention of the nation to the people's diet, which had continued until what we call 'Doburoku' districts were designated as the structural reform district in 2002 after the Doburoku Trial in the latter part of the Showa period.
どぶろくの禁止に関しては、国民の食生活への国家の介入であるとしてその後も根強い反論を招き、昭和時代後期のどぶろく裁判などを経て、2002年（平成14年）の構造改革特別区域でいわゆる「どぶろく」が設けられるまで続いた。