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10. Never heard of this before. Pretty shocking. But in light of military....

Sun Jan 3, 2016, 07:37 AM

Jan 2016

programs that spread "innocent" biologic agents on public transportation up until the seventies, its totally believable.

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The little-told story of how the U.S. government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition. [View all] Proserpina Jan 2016 OP

I am familiar with this story dhol82 Jan 2016 #1

Well, at least the U.S. didn't spray marijuana with Paraquat. Hoppy Jan 2016 #2

Bookmarked daleanime Jan 2016 #3

Outrageous? Yes. Mr_Jefferson_24 Jan 2016 #4

Of course the wealthy got all the alcohol they wanted. The prohibition rhett o rick Jan 2016 #5

^ this..... dhill926 Jan 2016 #7

when infantile small minds control the populace, Phlem Jan 2016 #9

Never heard of this before. Pretty shocking. But in light of military.... marble falls Jan 2016 #10

Denatured alcohol is still the industry standard. Igel Jan 2016 #13

I watched the Ken Burns Prohibition doc on PBS last night about it MrScorpio Jan 2016 #14