The Chemist's War: The little-told story of how the U.S. government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition with deadly consequences.

The Chemist's War: The little-told story of how the U.S. government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition with deadly consequences. ( slate.com )

submitted 2017-09-20T12:34 by salvia_d

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totes_magotes 2017-09-20T13:34

Always remember this. The US government purposely killed US citizens over a perceived moral right.

And people wonder why I say you should never trust the government.

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The_Red_Kraken 2017-09-20T14:45

It wasn't just because of a perceived moral right, they were practicing eugenics.

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totes_magotes 2017-09-20T14:48

Don't forget that we almost had syphilis eradicated before they started deliberately infecting citizens for an "experiment." https://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/timeline.htm

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The_Red_Kraken 2017-09-20T14:51

Again, Eugenics. People that got Syphilis were "sexual deviants", mostly niggers. Better to take them off the gene pool. Fuck them in their high horses.

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totes_magotes 2017-09-20T14:53

RFTA retard.

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derram 2017-09-20T12:39

https://archive.is/GTGts | https://files.catbox.moe/zpcn0x.png :

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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