These laws were eased gradually over time when the segregation became more stratified as special drinking compounds in the townships, which still exist today, as council beer halls, were established. Black Africans were not allowed to drink European alcohol, which was predominantly the clear types of liquors. In Southern Rhodesia, during the times of the Federation, there were very restrictive laws on alcohol sales and consumption by black people. In America, for about two decades up to the 1930s, there was a futile attempt to prohibit the trade and consumption of alcohol. In some Islamic countries like Dubai, there are very restrictive laws even though it is not outrightly banned. In some Islamic countries, such as Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and others, the production, trade and consumption of alcohol is strictly prohibited. Alcohol has been used and abused as a political and power tool throughout history. ![]() Governments and, mostly, religious groups have felt a need to control or even ban the production, trade and consumption of alcohol. ![]() A community in the vicinity of a beer selling outlet will have an unwelcome increase of vehicular traffic, litter, social vices like prostitution, muggings and noise
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