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.
When the Prohibition era in the United States began on January 19, 1920, a few sage observers predicted it would not go well. Certainly, previous attempts to outlaw the use of alcohol in American history had fared poorly.ne of the most profound effects of Prohibition was on government tax revenues. Before Prohibition, many states relied heavily on excise taxes in liquor sales to fund their budgets. In New York, almost 75% of the state's revenue was derived from liquor taxes.