During BC's official Prohibition from 1917 to 1921 the only legal drinks one could get over the counter was "near beer" which a much weaker product than the regular stuff. For those who desired stronger spirits, they had better be in good with their doctors as it could be obtained with a prescription on an official British Columbia government form:
But one fellow decided he wanted to speed things up, as evidenced in the following article printed on this day back in 1919, in The Colonist newspaper of Victoria:
---courtesy of British Colonist Online 1858 - 1920
University of Victoria
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