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Other short titles | War Prohibition Act |
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Long title | An Act to prohibit intoxicating beverages, and to regulate the manufacture, production, use, and sale of high-proof spirits for other than beverage purposes, and to ensure an ample supply of alcohol and promote its use in scientific research and in the development of fuel, dye, and other lawful industries |
Acronyms (colloquial) | NPA |
Nicknames | Volstead Act |
Enacted by | the 66th United States Congress |
Effective | October 28, 1919 and January 17, 1920[1] |
Citations | |
Public law | Pub. L. 66–66 |
Statutes at Large | 41 Stat. 305–323, ch. 85 |
Legislative history | |
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United States Supreme Court cases | |
Jacob Ruppert v. Caffey, 251 U.S. 264 (1920) |
Major United States federal drug control laws |
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1906 Pure Food and Drug Act |
Regulates labeling of products containing certain drugs including cocaine and heroin |
1914 Harrison Narcotics Tax Act |
Regulates opiates and cocaine |
1937 Marihuana Tax Act |
Required taxation of marijuana |
1919 Volstead Act |
Implemented 18th Amendment establishing alcohol prohibition in the United States |
1933 Blaine Act |
Alcohol prohibition repealed via 21st Amendment Repeal of Prohibition in the United States |
1942 Opium Poppy Control Act |
Regulated the growth of the opium poppy and prohibited private cultivation in most states. |
1961 Convention on Narcotics |
Treaty to control marijuana |
1970 Controlled Substances Act |
Scheduling list for drugs |
The National Prohibition Act, known informally as the Volstead Act, was an act of the 66th United States Congress designed to execute the 18th Amendment (ratified January 1919) which established the prohibition of alcoholic drinks. The Anti-Saloon League's Wayne Wheeler conceived and drafted the bill, which was named after Andrew Volstead, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, who managed the legislation.
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