Editing History of Finland (section)

===Prohibition===
Alcohol abuse had a long history, especially regarding binge drinking and public intoxication, which became a crime in 1733. In the 19th century the punishments became stiffer and stiffer, but the problem persisted. A strong abstinence movement emerged that cut consumption in half from the 1880s to the 1910s, and gave Finland the lowest drinking rate in Europe. Four attempts at instituting [[Prohibition in Finland|prohibition of alcohol]] during the Grand Duchy period were rejected by the czar; with the czar gone Finland enacted prohibition in 1919. Smuggling emerged and enforcement was slipshod. Criminal convictions for drunkenness went up by 500%, and violence and crime rates soared. Public opinion turned against the law, and a national plebiscite went 70% for repeal, so prohibition was ended in early 1932.<ref>John H. Wuorinen, "Finland's Prohibition Experiment," ''Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science'' vol. 163, (September 1932), pp. 216–226 [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1017701 in JSTOR] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202155914/http://www.jstor.org/stable/1017701 |date=2 February 2017 }}</ref><ref>S. Sariola,  "Prohibition in Finland, 1919–1932; its background and consequences," ''Quarterly Journal of Studies in Alcohol'' (September 1954) 15(3) pp. 477–90</ref>