Prohibition
Short History Of...
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The Death of a Poisonous Drinking Alcohol
In New York alone, 750 people die from poisoning in a single year. In one unlucky county in Kansas, 15,000 people are reported as having been poisoned. Over 13 years of prohibition, it's estimated that 10,000 people have died from drinking poisoned alcohol. Thousands more have been paralyzed or blinded. Critics of prohibition lay the blame for the poisoning squarely at the door of the White House. Even those who originally supported prohibition are horrified by their hypocrisy and rampant lawlessness they've brought about.
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