The little-told story of how the U.S. government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition.
'Doctors were accustomed to alcohol poisoning by then, the routine of life in the Prohibition era. '
'Instead, by the time Prohibition ended in 1933, the federal poisoning program, by some estimates, had killed at least 10,000 people. '
' And when Prohibition ended and good grain whiskey reappeared, it was almost as if the craziness of Prohibition—and the poisonous measures taken to enforce it—had never quite happened. '
'Frustrated that people continued to consume so much alcohol even after it was banned, federal officials had decided to try a different kind of enforcement. '
'He publicized every death by alcohol poisoning. '
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'Doctors were accustomed to alcohol poisoning by then, the routine of life in the Prohibition era. '
'Instead, by the time Prohibition ended in 1933, the federal poisoning program, by some estimates, had killed at least 10,000 people. '
' And when Prohibition ended and good grain whiskey reappeared, it was almost as if the craziness of Prohibition—and the poisonous measures taken to enforce it—had never quite happened. '
'Frustrated that people continued to consume so much alcohol even after it was banned, federal officials had decided to try a different kind of enforcement. '
'He publicized every death by alcohol poisoning. '
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