Gandhi was a consistent prohibitionist and was opposed to tobacco, ganja, and opium as well as alcohol. There's a multi-volume series of his papers published in Dehli about 1950, I think. The volumes from the early 1920s are particularly rich in prohibitionist statements, often delivered with acerbic wit. David Courtwright [log in to unmask] >>> David Fahey <[log in to unmask]> 09/10/98 09:53pm >>> Is there any scholarly literature specifically on the Taiping rebels in 19th cent. China outlawing the consumption of alcoholic drink and Gandhi's call for prohibition in 20th cent. India?