Was there prohibition during biblical times? Does the Bible say there should be such laws?
Great Question for in the old testament they were to abstain from strong drink for it was knows in Proverbs as a "Mocker". That is, that it would turn upon it's user just like modern drugs do today.
It also said that it was to be used wisely for those who were dying or shortly to die in pain. Thus the effects of the Mocking (and its turning on the user) would be subsumed in close death.
Modern Man, today, says he will not be mocked by the use (of whatever), that he/she/or it, can "handle it". And one should think of it like handling a cobra. It is believed that one can "handle" the snake and charm it, it will never bite. Yet, they who do - often get bitten.
Why? They take their eyes off it. They do not observe the effects of having the snake in their midst (upon their friends and families).
And sometimes, the first bites are small and you don't feel the next bite as bad (yet its outcome often is). The mistermeanor of disorderly conduct leads to X, which leads to Y which leads some to Murder, etc.
No-one ever thinks of all the possibilities of what could go wrong (and Murphy) and that it could NEVER HAPPEN TO THEM and their could NEVER BE ANY EFFECTS ON THEIR FAMILIES OR THEIR CHILDREN.
They do not see the sins of the fathers being propagated to their children for generations. They do not see the impoverishment they will pass on.
Few will find the Narrow little road that leads to Life and some will call upon the Lord to be delivered from such death and for some He will. But many will go the broad road and find out.