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Hestia

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11. Interesting book - "The Poisoner's Handbook" that gets into this - wood alcohol poisoning of alcohol

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Sun Jan 3, 2016, 12:06 PM

Jan 2016

Interesting aside about Prohibition - it is thought to be responsible for the Depression - 25% of GDP disappeared when Prohibition started (along with, of course, shady stocks and other crimes).

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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

Yes, the 1% had plenty of $ & time to stock up which was allowed before the act came into law. elmac Jan 2016 #8

Prohibition, at least in Michigan, was a war between the Puritans and the Catholics Proserpina Jan 2016 #6

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

Interesting book - "The Poisoner's Handbook" that gets into this - wood alcohol poisoning of alcohol Hestia Jan 2016 #11

Well, it didn't help, I'm sure, but Prohibition was just an added insult to a corrupt system Proserpina Jan 2016 #12

All reasons why the country was turning to communism and/or socialism. The public had a enough Hestia Jan 2016 #15

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