The History of the Vodka Ban

The government had a monopoly on the sale of vodka, and for vague reasons of moral and physical health, the government stopped selling it. Fancier liquors and wine was not subject to the same ban. So high society could get as drunk as they wanted, but only the lower classes were prohibited from their drink of choice. This is the kind of thing that will make people angry all on its own. It also drove more people into the black market, a black market that started being supplied by various kinds of moonshine. And there was actually a minor epidemic of people dropping dead after drinking poisonous moonshine concoctions. A great deal of this moonshine was made with incredibly