It all depends on what you are talking about with Prohibition Alcohol or Marijuana!
If it was alcohol then yes it was the religious sector, the religious socialites. If it was Marijuana that is a totally different story.
Marijuana was prohibited not because it was a dangerous drug, but because marijuana and Hemp were too much competition to big businesses, specifically Dupont Chemical Company and the Hearst Paper and forestry industry.What social elements combined the move to pass prohibition legislation?uh.. alcoholism?What social elements combined the move to pass prohibition legislation?it was the progressive era. people wanted progressivism for everything. Look up the Womens temperance union.
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