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A blue-colored [[alcoholic]] beverage, Romulan ale was illegal in the [[United Federation of Planets]] as early as [[2285]].<ref name="ST02"/> Although that prohibition was lifted in [[2374]], following an alliance between the Federation and the [[Romulan Star Empire]],<ref name="DS9565"/> Romulan ale was once again illegal in [[2379]].<ref name="ST10"/> It had a powerful intoxicating effect,<ref name="ST02"/><ref name="ST06"/> and Dr. [[Leonard McCoy|McCoy]] kept a small supply that he had smuggled across the border, which he claimed only to use "for medicinal purposes" in [[2285]].<ref name="ST02"/> In [[2293]], [[Starfleet Lieutenant|Lieutenant]] [[Valeris]] suggested that the "small supply of Romulan ale aboard" the [[U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-A|''Enterprise'']] be served at a formal dinner with [[Klingon Empire|Klingon]] [[Klingon Chancellor|Chancellor]] [[Gorkon]], which [[Starfleet Captain|Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] described as "officer thinking," though he later noted that "Romulan ale [is] no longer to be served at diplomatic functions."<ref name="ST06"/>
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<ref name="DS9565">[[Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges (Episode)|''"Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges"'']]. ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,'' Episode 565. Television. Paramount Pictures Corporation, 1999.</ref>
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