The Importance of âSpecificityâ. in a Client Contract: ï®I understand that if I am late for a test, or miss a test, it will be considered as a positive test for. drugs/alcohol and that I may be sanctioned. ï®I understand that if I fail to produce a urine. specimen or if the sample provided is not of.
Ratified on January 29, 1919, the 18th Amendment went into effect a year later, by which time no fewer than 33 states had already enacted their own prohibition legislation. In October 1919, Congress passed the National Prohibition Act, which provided guidelines for the federal enforcement of Prohibition.
By the late 1800s, prohibition movements had sprung up across the United States, driven by religious groups who considered alcohol, specifically drunkenness, a threat to the nation. The movement reached its apex in 1920 when Congress ratified the 18th Amendment, prohibiting the manufacture, transportation and sale of intoxicating liquors.